The Year of the Bisexual Prom
Last night was prom night, and there seemed be hardly a boy/girl couple to be found… and this is very bad for men… read on.
This year, my wife and I have had the privilege to twice, participate in one of the most cherished moments of parenting — Prom Night! Last night we went with a close friend to drop her daughter off at prom; the week before, it was our daughter’s.
It brought back waves of familiar memories — gorgeous dresses and awkwardly worn suits, teacher chaperones searching bags for booze (and now pot), parents snapping photos, and arranging hotel rooms for post-prom parties.
But in other ways, it could not have been more different than the prom I remember from a million years ago, with my crooked tie, tight faux leather shoes, and tentative date.
The most significant change I saw in these modern proms was the significant proportion of girls there with other girls, clearly as dates. Both my daughter and our friend’s daughter had female dates, both having proclaimed their bisexuality in the last year or so.
While I knew bisexuality was mainstreaming, I hadn’t anticipated how prolific it was becoming. At both of these proms, it seemed to me — and maybe I am ‘over-seeing’ it — that female couples were more the norm than the exception.
