Realism isn't a thing, right?

[Rob_Royale]

So after admittedly a brief (very, very brief) bout of internet research (I read Wikipedia) it seems that only 4% of the global population identify as bi-sexual (pan, omni).

Does that seem low to you? It sure does to me. I mean, in my stories, bisexual women are just everywhere, crawling out of the woodwork, even. With just insane sex drives.

Well, it just proves, you can't believe what you read on the internet.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I also often write women who are bisexual, to keep my options open and because I like writing (and reading) lesbian sex. That's the beauty and the freedom of what we do. We write fiction so we don't need to worry about quotas and percentages in relation to the real world.

 

[madelinemasoch]

I bet more than 4% of people have done bisexual things, they just don't "identify" as it. An action doesn't connote an identity, after all.

Better question: do straight people even exist? I say no.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I bet more than 4% of people have done bisexual things, they just don't "identify" as it. An action doesn't connote an identity, after all.

Better question: do straight people even exist? I say no.

Do you have some new definition of being straight?

 

[AG31]

I think in a community like this we'd bump into bi-sexual people at a way higher proportion than exist in the general population. Not exactly sure why, but that's how it feels.

 

[lil_jenni]

I bet more than 4% of people have done bisexual things, they just don't "identify" as it. An action doesn't connote an identity, after all.

Better question: do straight people even exist? I say no.

Oh, I'm a out 99% sure my Hubby is straight... and monogamous... and pretty vanilla, but I have worked on that one over the years...

 

[madelinemasoch]

Do you have some new definition of being straight?

Well, being a straight man is like, the gayest thing you can be. It's all about masculinity.

 

[lil_jenni]

I think in a community like this we'd bump into bi-sexual people at a way higher proportion than exist in the general population. Not exactly sure why, but that's how it feels.

I'd say that seems right to me. I identify on here as Bi but not in real life, for a plethora of reasons. But I am bi (probably pan, really) through and through. How many of the respondents are in my position?

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Saw som CDC stats that sayid gay, lesbian, and Transgender combined are about 5%. Look around the room. Stats are an interesting thing.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Better question: do straight people even exist? I say no.

In my opinion, it’s a spectrum. Anyone can be attracted to anyone if it’s the right person in the right circumstances.

I think that it might make more sense to identify as bi if you have acted on those impulses. But that might be exclusionary.

Em

 

[Rob_Royale]

Oh, I'm a out 99% sure my Hubby is straight... and monogamous... and pretty vanilla, but I have worked on that one over the years...

I thought that of myself until recently when I saw photos of a very beautiful, feminine trans woman, with a penis and everything and realized maybe I'm not quite as straight as I thought. And just to be clear, my OP was intended to be very tongue-in-cheek.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I thought that of myself until recently when I saw photos of a very beautiful, feminine trans woman, with a penis and everything and realized maybe I'm not quite as straight as I thought.

All the options , all the combinations.., fun, fun, fun.

 

[Bramblethorn]

From Wiki:

In 2021, Ipsos interviewed people in 27 countries spanning all continents on their sexual orientation and gender identity. For some countries the samples were weighed for representativity, but in others with less internet access, they skewed more urban. In this survey, on average about 80% of people worldwide identified as heterosexual, 3% as gay, lesbian or homosexual, 4% as bisexual, 1% as pansexual or omnisexual, 1% as asexual, 1% as "other", and 11% don't know or won't say.

Suspect there might be more than a few bisexuals in and among that 11%. In general I think women are more likely than men to ID as bi/pan/omni, too.

But I really want to know the results for Antarctica.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Well, being a straight man is like, the gayest thing you can be. It's all about masculinity.

Seems to me that you have a certain stereotypical impression of straight men. We come in all types and flavors too.

 

[Bamagan]

From Wiki:



Suspect there might be more than a few bisexuals in and among that 11%. In general I think women are more likely than men to ID as bi/pan/omni, too.

But I really want to know the results for Antarctica.

They have about six months of anal-only in the summer (sun's out, buns out). In winter, no one really knows quite what they're fucking, and it's too cold to make inquiries.

 

[Bramblethorn]

They have about six months of anal-only in the summer (sun's out, buns out). In winter, no one really knows quite what they're fucking, and it's too cold to make inquiries.

"Man is the warmest place to hide."

 

[Bamagan]

"Man is the warmest place to hide."

 

[KeithD]

So after admittedly a brief (very, very brief) bout of internet research (I read Wikipedia) it seems that only 4% of the global population identify as bi-sexual (pan, omni).

Does that seem low to you? It sure does to me. I mean, in my stories, bisexual women are just everywhere, crawling out of the woodwork, even. With just insane sex drives.

Well, it just proves, you can't believe what you read on the internet.

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Yeah, I think the figure is much higher.

 

[KeithD]

Saw som CDC stats that sayid gay, lesbian, and Transgender combined are about 5%. Look around the room. Stats are an interesting thing.

Scratch a celebrity-status creative person and you're about three-quarters likely to have found someone who is lesbian, gay male, or bi, so I'll give the 5 percent supposition the horse laugh.

 

[madelinemasoch]

Okay, I'll actually say something smart: the problem with taking empirical measures of things like sexual orientation are that they are in reality fluid. It's conditional according to the environment around the individual in question. A straight girl today might be a bi girl tomorrow, don't make a difference.

 

[EmilyMiller]

But I really want to know the results for Antarctica.

It’s heartbreaking. Antarctica is full of penguins with polar bear fetishes.

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Okay, I'll actually say something smart: the problem with taking empirical measures of things like sexual orientation are that they are in reality fluid. It's conditional according to the environment around the individual in question. A straight girl today might be a bi girl tomorrow, don't make a difference.

Agree.

I’m with a guy and have every intent of being monogamous. Does that make me heterosexual? I don’t think so. I’m still attracted to women and have acted on that historically. I’ve just found my person, who happens to be male.

Em

 

[M_K_Babalon]

I'm sure it's higher. Given the lgbt community alone, the trans reportable community is the smallest minority, roughly. Bi and pan should be a lot bigger minority, probably reportably only smaller than the gay men and women as a whole.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I'm sure it's higher. Given the lgbt community alone, the trans reportable community is the smallest minority, roughly. Bi and pan should be a lot bigger minority, probably reportably only smaller than the gay men and women as a whole.

Numbers I saw were 1.4% gay, 0.7% lesbian, and 0.7% trans.

I’m sure there are conflicting reports all over, these we just from the govt. and we all know we can trust them. They’re here to help, after all.

 

[Cagivagurl]

In my opinion. I'm sure the figure is much higher than that. People who are curious, and who are secretly attracted to people of the same gender, or of any sexual persuasion is much higher.
They are kept locked in their boxes by the stigma's attached to coming out and admitting they have been aor are attracted to other human beings.
Because of what I cal social programming, religious brainwashing. We are forced into believing there is only one way. The heterosexual couple with 2.5 children.
Fear of prejudice, humiliation keep us locked away.

Cagivagurl