Bisexuality
- Mar 10
- 2010
Editor’s Web Note: If there is ever a topic that I get boatloads of mail about, it is this. The mail is mostly from girls. If there is ever an topic that I think our culture has it’s head in the sand on, it is in being able to talk frankly about sexual orientation without politicizing (and thus shutting down) the conversation. Whereas most gay people report the feeling being inborn, the current wave of female bisexuality appears, as well as I can currently understand it, to be driven by social influences — the obvious one being the overnight sensation of pornography-gone-mainstream. Which leads to another topic nobody can talk about without flat-out name-calling. (Prude! Slut! Addict!) But if we can’t have earnest, non-judgmental, truth-seeking discourse about the biggest sexual revolution since the 1960s — and how Big Porn appears to be running the show — that’s just plain dumb. I am the first to admit that I have a lot to learn, so please let me hear from you. — Lauren Forcella
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m a girl and when I see other girls with attractive bodies nude, I sometimes feel a physical attraction. This includes my stepsister with whom I sometimes share a room. She undresses in front of me and has no idea I get these feelings. I like boys and have dated, but I…
- Jan 14
- 2009
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My 15-year-old daughter, “Amy,” has never had a boyfriend nor kissed a boy. Recently she told me she thinks she is bisexual. She says she is confused because she likes boys but none like her — and she likes her friend who is a girl. Amy receives regular compliments on how…