bisexual...
Definition 1
bi·sex·u·al
1.
attracted to both
sexes: sexually attracted to both men and women, or
engaging in both heterosexual and homosexual activity
2.
both male and female in
character: having both male and female
characteristics
3.
having male and female
reproductive organs: describes something such as a
flower that has both male and female reproductive
organs
Definition 2
Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior toward males and females. The term is mainly used in the context of human attraction to denote romantic or sexual feelings toward men and women
I identify as a bisexual woman, and with that comes some hardship. It seems like when you are a lesbian, you at least have the support of the lesbain community, but when you are bi...then, you are not ok with the hetero people nor the lesbo people. It's like with heterosexual people they say "How can you like both? You are just confused." They call it a "phase." That goes for the lesbians too. It's like you are a traitor for being attracted to men as well as women. If you decide to date a guy you are ex-communicated and no longer considered to be a person truly attracted to women. Also, there is this assumption that all bi women date women for a while, then they decide to settle down and marry a man and are now "straight." While it is true that this does happen..Bi women do sometimes marry men, but that doesn't make them straight. Just like now because I'm with a woman, it doesn't make me a lesbian. One of my close friends was actually shocked, and kind of disappointed, when I said I still have an equal "preference" for both even though I'm dating a woman in response to her asking me if I liked women more now.
It's simple. Just because I'm with a man it doesn't make me straight, and just because I'm with a woman it doesn't make me a lesbian. Now, I plan on marrying the woman that I am with now so I won't wind up marrying some guy but hypothetically if that did happen then I would still consider myself bisexual. And I actually told guys that I talked to in the past that I am bi despite the fact that they were men. I don't know. I don't think it is one of those things you can really understand unless you actually identify in this way. I like who I like, and I can't make myself love someone because one side of the spectrum (hetero/homo) is saying I have to "decide"
And that's just the bottom line
