That just about says it all, doesn't it?

Look, don't bother with articles about sex unless you have pictures to share. OK?

I'm quite willing to believe that the author enjoys her own bisexuality and that all the social benefits she sees in it are there for her. But what exactly can a book like this accomplish? People who are exclusively gay don't choose to be so any more than people who are exclusively straight, and no book is going to change that. If bisexuality is really so great, then she's just lucky to be predisposed to it.

One thing to keep in mind would be that the book only explores female bisexuality. I would wager that the experience for male bisexuals is markedly different. As the author pointed out, female bisexuality is so accepted that it is often used by straight girls simply to get attention. I've known several lesbian or actually bisexual girls who have been disappointed time and time again when some girl would make out with them at a party but immediately go cold when there were no longer any guys around.

Finally, I haven't read the book, so I don't want to assume anything, but the idea this article gives is one of that tired line of argument that claims that gay and straight are constructs and everybody is somewhere in the middle. Given that the 'gay gene' has been found and that there are instances of homosexuality in animals, arguing that sexual orientation is just a 'construct' is ridiculous wishful thinking. Even in cultures where homosexual activity was widely accepted and no clear separation was made, there were people who partook in it and people who clearly didn't - for example you'll find the question debated time and time again among the Greeks.

If I was a woman I'd be bi, hell I'd probably be gay. Women are soft and smell good, men are rough and stink. I don't really know why women even go out with men. LOL.

As another poster mentioned, does any form of sexuality really need to be promoted?

As far as the claims the author makes for bi people, certainly those are traits she advocates regardless of sexuality. (i hope)

To promote bisexuality as a path to a better life, politics, aesthetics, whatever, trivializes sexuality as well as politics, aestheitcs, and everything else. It makes as little sense as promoting homosexuality as the route to better home decor or heterosexuality as the route to conservative dressing, as though one equates the other.

Sexuality is not a fashion statement.

Mistaking one for the other is just sheer stupidity.

Can we as a society finally get that straight and get rid of all these book writing culture warrior idiots, straight, gay, bi, transsexual or transgendered.

But I've got to say, as somebody who'll never see 50 again, and has been around the block twice, thrice... bi men don't exist. As in Elton John's

case, mentioned by Baumgardner's mother erroneously as bisexual, bi is sort of a half-way house for men who aren't ready to come out all the way. This is just the way it is: women can go both ways, and that should be celebrated. But men are hardwired to choose one side and stick with it. I recall one sex expert- I wish I could remember who- who said that if you have any problem with human sexuality (in this case that bi men don't exist), complain to the

manufacturer.

We all know that bisexual women are hot! Go bisexual women, kiss each other on the dance floor!

Bisexual men are gross, icky, and disgusting, or else just plain fags!

male or female are just people that don't want to miss anything

Why is this review so painfully long? It certainly doesn't need to be. I not only was watching the 'sidebars' to see when it would end, it seemed as though there were articles buried within this article.

This reviewer's thoughts are just too rambling and without clarity.

Suzane, Jr.

are those people who write about sex.

Sex is a sport like football - the experts are players not writers

Look, it's a memoir. If you find the viewpoint interesting, read it. If you already have your answers (really, some people may have no interest), skip it.

I think having more books out there about a sexual path less taken is a good thing. No opinion here on its worth, since I've only read the review.

This is a completely non-empirical assessment: but as a middle aged homosexual, and the older I get; I'm convinced to my complete satisfaction, that bisexuality is the biggest canard, baloney, cop-out or whatever other word you want to use for "LIE". It is nothing less than another form of internalized homophobia and self denial. It is just simply more palatable to their mommies and their hetero friends.

They call themselves Bi for the same reason Elton John once did and the same reason David Bowie still does. Furthermore, the time I heard Bowie's significant other, Iman, open her mouth her trousers fell out, exactly the way Truman Capote's dress fell out of his.

Your either left handed or right handed - true ambidexterity is as rare as (heh,heh) a three dollar bill; same for sexual orientation. Pathetic!!

So... we've been told over and over again that gay people don't choose to be gay, that sexual orientation is probably biologically determined and in any case not open to modification. But apparently... bisexual people choose to be bisexual? Does this make sense at all? Or is Baumgardner just saying "Nah nah nah boo boo, I was blessed with a more fun sexual orientation than you were"?

It is with some hesitation that I offer a warning to anyone who finds himself or herself the object of Ms. Baumgardner's attentions: she appears to be incapable of sustaining any relationship beyond what's in it for her. As soon as she grows weary of the quotidian "I love you" of her female-focused phase, she will be off to sate her appetite for something in a male. Sounds like she leaves a lot of people rejected, in the long run.

There's nothing wrong with bisexuality, except that it implies that a person can never have a sexual relationship that is fully experienced with a single partner. If you are one of the many people who finds such adventure and diversity enriching, then you will be a good mate to a bisexual. If you are, however, inclined to have a long and uncomplicated sexual intimacy with someone, steer clear of bisexuals.

There's nothing quite as stunning as the realization that you couldn't satisfy someone's desires, no matter what you might do. That is the lot of a gay or straight person who falls for someone like Ms. Baumgardner. It's rather strange that bisexuals are so seldom attracted to other bisexuals. At least they could understand the chaotic emotions that are stirred up by their attentions.