"Flexisexual"? Did labels just jump the shark?

[Liar]

For pete's sake.

/Liar the omnisexual

Are you 'flexisexual'?

It all started when Madonna kissed Britney Spears on stage, followed by Katy Perry who sang a song about a girl she kissed – and now it seems the 'flexisexuality' trend is fast catching up.

The new word has been coined for the growing number of straight women who flirt with bisexuality. It refers to people who have a sexual preference but refuse to be bound by it.

"Women are often more open to these experiences when they reach their 40s and are more confident with their sexuality. If an opportunity presents itself they may think "why not", particularly if they have come out of a long relationship," the Daily Mail quoted Psychologist Dr Cecelia D'Felice as saying.

Twice-married Barrymore, who has admitted having flings with women, has been quoted as saying, "Being with a woman is like exploring your own body, but through someone else."

Actress Lindsay Lohan, 24, is among younger flexisexuals who see it as 'on trend'.

D'Felice admitted flexisexuality had become fashionable as a result of its recent celebrity endorsement, but said it had always existed.

"Women are more fluid about their sexuality than men and are more likely to be attracted to people rather than a certain gender," she said.

A third of 6,000 women surveyed by Coco de Mer said their favourite fantasy was to have sex with a woman.

Sam Roddick, 39, founder of erotic boutique Coco de Mer, said, "It acknowledges the huge number of straight women who do not want to label themselves bisexual and yet may have kissed a girl or fancied their best friend."

 

[voluptuary_manque]

How about just 'sexual'? Most of Antiquity was. Why the heck not, for pity sakes?

 

[mynameisben]

I'm thinking the expression "jumped the shark" done jumped the shark.

 

[Stella_Omega]

It's a better term than "bisexual" in my opinion-- more accurate for many people.

many of us are not "omnisexual. "

Many of us are only interested in one sex at any particular time, but that interest switches through the years.

 

[Liar]

many of us are not "omnisexual. "

Just to clarify: by omni, I include treestumps, pizza, random rodents and the toster oven.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Just to clarify: by omni, I include treestumps, pizza, random rodents and the toster oven.

Safe sex dictates that you unplug the oven first. Right?

 

[mynameisben]

Safe sex dictates that you unplug the oven first. Right?

Safe sex for me means pulling the main circuit breaker. Because once I pull a plug, the exposed wall outlet looks mighty inviting.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Safe sex for me means pulling the main circuit breaker. Because once I pull a plug, the exposed wall outlet looks mighty inviting.

From flexi to rigid in two seconds... to crispy, to brown, to charred to smokin'

Whoah dude.

 

[Huckleman2000]

It's a better term than "bisexual" in my opinion-- more accurate for many people.

many of us are not "omnisexual. "

Many of us are only interested in one sex at any particular time, but that interest switches through the years.

I don't know. If bi-people already get shamed by the ends of the spectrum, "flexisexual" doesn't seem like a label that would improve that. It raises images of horny gymnasts, and there are too many x's to take seriously.

 

[Bebeslut]

Let me at that toaster oven!

 

[Stella_Omega]

I don't know. If bi-people already get shamed by the ends of the spectrum, "flexisexual" doesn't seem like a label that would improve that. It raises images of horny gymnasts, and there are too many x's to take seriously.

Um.

Could we relace the x's with something?

Harpo Marx? No wait there's an x in 'Marx.'

Let me at that toaster oven!

You hot thing you.