Talk:Bisexuality

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Bisexuality article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help. Assume good faith Be polite and avoid personal attacks Be welcoming to newcomers Seek dispute resolution if needed Article policies Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Auto-archiving period: 3 months

This  level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Sociology Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sociology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of sociology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SociologyWikipedia:WikiProject SociologyTemplate:WikiProject Sociologysociology Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Sexology and sexuality Top‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sexology and sexuality, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of human sexuality on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Sexology and sexualityWikipedia:WikiProject Sexology and sexualityTemplate:WikiProject Sexology and sexualitySexology and sexuality Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. LGBTQ+ studies This article is of interest to WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies, which tries to ensure comprehensive and factual coverage of all LGBTQ-related issues on Wikipedia. For more information, or to get involved, please visit the project page or contribute to the discussion.LGBTQ+ studiesWikipedia:WikiProject LGBTQ+ studiesTemplate:WikiProject LGBTQ+ studiesLGBTQ+ studies This article has had a peer review which is now archived. Philosophy: Ethics / Social and political Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Philosophy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of content related to philosophy on Wikipedia. If you would like to support the project, please visit the project page, where you can get more details on how you can help, and where you can join the general discussion about philosophy content on Wikipedia.PhilosophyWikipedia:WikiProject PhilosophyTemplate:WikiProject PhilosophyPhilosophy Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Associated task forces: /  Ethics Social and political philosophy

This article has been mentioned by a media organization: Wakefield, Lily (2021-09-03). "Wikipedia faces huge backlash after saying pansexuality and bisexuality are the same thing". PinkNews.

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 February 2022 and 5 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): YC5039 (article contribs).

Cite: "The Kinsey scale says that having a higher level attraction to one gender results in less attraction to the other, which some studies do not support.[39]" How does the Kinsey scale say that? It doesn't seem to say anything about "how strong" attraction is, it just measures if its more towards female or male. Does it really say that people in the middle of the scale can't be equally uninterested in men and women? Doesn't the message stay the same? "More people than you'd think are capable of feeling attraction towards male and female bodies."

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Bisexuality is defined as attraction to more than one gender, and often with a preference, although not necessary.

Other definitions, like being attracted to both men and women, are less inclusive to non-binary and trans folks. Douwe11 (talk) 06:43, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 07:57, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

People have no obligation to be "inclusive" to others when defining their sexuality. This isn't healthcare. SinoDevonian (talk) 14:02, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We have to reflect the range of different ways in which bisexuality is, and has been, defined. Some of those definitions are framed within a very binary view of gender and might seem outdated but we can't exclude them because those were the mainstream definitions for about a century. I think the first paragraph does a good job of consolidating all the main elements, including the ones mentioned above, into a coherent general statement of what this article is about. I can't see any obvious scope for easy improvement but if yanybody has any specific proposals then they can make them here as described by Cannolis above. DanielRigal (talk) 14:30, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest a rewrite in the Perceptions and discrimination section which cites the 2005 penile pletismography study, because a 2020 overview of several studies (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7414168/) seems to debunk it. 86.32.104.167 (talk) 20:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]