Is Bisexuality the New Normal?

I’ll argue not really; not totally. sex,.

I used to — a million years ago — cite a statistic that about 30% of females, and 10% of men, were bisexual. This was based on research done in the 1990’s that measured the physical sexual response of men and women when they were shown same sex porn.

At the time — again, the late 90s and early 2000’s — everyone I shared this with felt it was rediculous. At the time very few women admitted to being bisexual and amongst men it was nearly unheard of. The possibility that 30% of women and 10% of men could be bi seemed highly implausible.

Fact forward to 2024, and it feels these stats are indeed implausible, but in the other direction. For my children’s generation, in their early 20s, it feels that virtually all of their female friends are bi, pivoting seamlessly from opposite to same sex relationships. And amongst men, while its still seems a rarity to be bi, I would put the stat at much higher than 10%.

So what’s happened? What’s with all the bi affirmation?

I’ll posit a theory.

I’ll start with my belief that 30% of women and 10% of men being bi was probably a pretty accurate estimate. The physical responses measured in that old study were likely pretty good indicators. And, of course, at the time far fewer than these proportions of men and women were willing to admit their bisexual leanings, fearing the judgement of a sex negative society.