"Bisexual women around the globe will be sleeping soundly tonight, unfettered by the crippling identity questions that have been plaguing them for decades!"

having known a lot of truly bi-sexual women over the past few decades, I was unaware that any of them had been plagued by an identity question. In fact I am pretty sure that every bi-sexual person I know (both male and female) would tell you that they never lost a night sleep plagued by an identity question. A few did have a few questions in their youth before they accepted that they were truly bi-sexual, but not after they accepted their bi-sexuality.

Though, the study may help youths come to terms with their bi-sexuality.

It is possible to be truly bi-sexual (in fact I bet a lot more people are truly bi-sexual than they are willing to admit).

Been bi all my life--though when I was in the Boy Scouts lo these many years ago I didn't know there was such a thing--and now at last I know I'm safe from losing half my sexual pleasures. But wait--the study only looked at women! Oh no!

Seriously, fetboy, I think your satire-detector is broken.

Or maybe you just can't use the results of a sample of 79 individuals to draw conclusions about the population at large.

did I fail to detect?

Was the study meant to be satirical? Was is its conclusion satirical?

I'll answer, I believe, yes and not intentionally, respectively,

10 percent are exculsively interested in relations with the opposite sex.

10 percent are exculsively interested in relations with the same sex.

50 percent tend to prefer one sex over the other.

30 percent tend to not care either way.

sexuality is programmed by society and culture, but imprinting can easily counter that programming and emotional attachments and relationships can counter that programming and the imprint.

brainwashing, drugs, or forced situations can also modify behaviors.

making people feel guilty about normal sexual behaviors is simply a means of social control.

The satires was Lloyd's, or I'll give up watching men. Or women. Or something ... spiders.

For any value of X and Y, no piece in a major early-twentieth century online venue can begin "X will now sleep soundly because of Y" without being, at a minimum, snarky.

Sheesh. Must have caffeine and bisexual fantasies.

Sorry, I meant to direct my letter to the study and its conclusion, not to Carol Lloyd's writing.

Though I thought Carol Lloyd's writing was reporting, not satire.

It's pretty strange to have to do a study to prove the obvious. On the other hand, it's a foot in the backside of those who claim that there's only one true sexuality, so maybe it's a good thing.

women may respond to everything or nothing, women may be flexible, all or most women may have some potential for bisexuality, but that doesn't mean any of this applies to most men, and in fact the evidence that it does not is strong, yet invariably whenever this subject is discussed this fact is either denied, ignored or danced around.

while of course there are genuinely bisexual people out there, i think the BUG phenomenon still exists. when i was in college i knew several women who engaged in homosexual relationships and claimed to be bisexual. what i also observed was that they were primarily engaging in this behavior to attract men. all three of them have since gotten steady men in their lives and rarely, if ever, talk of their previous dalliances with women.

interviewing all non-heterosexual women eliminated the group that claimed bisexuality and now claim heterosexuality. it thus eliminated a fairly large group that reinforces the BUG phenomenon. while it's idiotic to say that bisexuality isn't real, i think it's also idiotic to say that BUGs don't exist.

all of those "Girls Gone Wild" videos?

And, not to be a nit-picker, but it's sexual orientation, not "preference". Start using the p-word and you give the religious nutballs room for leverage.

...that had homosexuality on its list of disorders until 1975? Yeah, put a lot of faith in an organization like this. Hey, I'm okay, you're okay, right?

Many of the girl-on-girl segments are staged for male arousal. Not all of the girls are actual college girls either. Many are actresses.

But bisexuality doesn't mean you'll just jump into bed with the first attractive person of either sex who comes along.

As I said before, I've been bi all my life--and I never fell in love with a man. I've been married twice, and I hope to marry again soon (all three women), and when I'm seriously dating someone, I don't fool around with anyone else, no matter what the sex. So maybe some portion of those women you knew in college just happened to fall in love with a man, and from then on avoided sex with other people, not just other women. Doesn't necessarily mean the attraction's gone.

The study seemed to reflect that possibility, as well (another "Duh!")--bisexual women formed longterm committed relationships with members of both sexes.

"So what explains...all of those "Girls Gone Wild" videos?"

Alcohol, high pressure techniques employed by the producers and the apparently irresistible pull of a free t-shirt.

Byesexual - When someone is more passionate because they know they will not see you for a while.

Buysexual - When someone puts out in exchange for gifts.

Bysexual - When someone mounts the person immediately next to them.

Bored silly today..

Many of the girl-on-girl segments are staged for male arousal. Not all of the girls are actual college girls either. Many are actresses.

MOST girls are actresses, some are even good.

As an admitted aficionado of porn, in the past I had often wondered if the porn stars (both male and female) actually were truly bi-sexual, and/or gay. Does it matter? Over the years I have come to the opinion that the true sexual orientation of porn stars doesn't matter, just as the sexual orientation of the actors in "Six Feet Under", "Queer as Folk", and "L Word" (most of whom are actually straight) doesn't matter. Actors are actors, and their job is to make whatever character they are assigned to play look real.

Because of my profession I have decided to uphold a strict don't tell policy (so I won't state if I am bi or straight, only that I am not gay, which I do only to express where I come from when I post letters), but I can pretend to be gay, bi, or straight anytime that I want.

My true sexuality is none of your business, and I have no intention of ever making it your business.