[Bettyz32]

This is a recent report that states Bi-sexual people "exist". Just because you like men....you're not really a homosexual....you just like both.......duh! I could have told them this!!!

No Surprise for Bisexual Men: Report Indicates They Exist
By DAVID TULLER
Published: August 22, 2011

In an unusual scientific about-face, researchers at Northwestern University have found evidence that at least some men who identify themselves as bisexual are, in fact, sexually aroused by both women and men.

The finding is not likely to surprise bisexuals, who have long asserted that attraction often is not limited to one sex. But for many years the question of bisexuality has bedeviled scientists. A widely publicized study published in 2005, also by researchers at Northwestern, reported that “with respect to sexual arousal and attraction, it remains to be shown that male bisexuality exists.”

That conclusion outraged bisexual men and women, who said it appeared to support a stereotype of bisexual men as closeted homosexuals.

In the new study, published online in the journal Biological Psychology, the researchers relied on more stringent criteria for selecting participants. To improve their chances of finding men aroused by women as well as men, the researchers recruited subjects from online venues specifically catering to bisexuals.

They also required participants to have had sexual experiences with at least two people of each sex and a romantic relationship of at least three months with at least one person of each sex.

Men in the 2005 study, on the other hand, were recruited through advertisements in gay-oriented and alternative publications and were identified as heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual based on responses to a standard questionnaire.

In both studies, men watched videos of male and female same-sex intimacy while genital sensors monitored their erectile responses. While the first study reported that the bisexuals generally resembled homosexuals in their responses, the new one finds that bisexual men responded to both the male and female videos, while gay and straight men in the study did not.

Both studies also found that bisexuals reported subjective arousal to both sexes, notwithstanding their genital responses. “Someone who is bisexual might say, ‘Well, duh!’” said Allen Rosenthal, the lead author of the new Northwestern study and a doctoral student in psychology at the university. “But this will be validating to a lot of bisexual men who had heard about the earlier work and felt that scientists weren’t getting them.”

The Northwestern study is the second one published this year to report a distinctive pattern of sexual arousal among bisexual men.

In March, a study in Archives of Sexual behavior reported the results of a different approach to the question. As in the Northwestern study, the researchers showed participants erotic videos of two men and two women and monitored genital as well as subjective arousal. But they also included scenes of a man having sex with both a woman and another man, on the theory that these might appeal to bisexual men.

The researchers — Jerome Cerny, a retired psychology professor at Indiana State University, and Erick Janssen, a senior scientist at the Kinsey Institute — found that bisexual men were more likely than heterosexuals or gay men to experience both genital and subjective arousal while watching these videos.

Dr. Lisa Diamond, a psychology professor at the University of Utah and an expert on sexual orientation, said that the two new studies, taken together, represented a significant step toward demonstrating that bisexual men do have specific arousal patterns.

“I’ve interviewed a lot of individuals about how invalidating it is when their own family members think they’re confused or going through a stage or in denial,” she said. “These converging lines of evidence, using different methods and stimuli, give us the scientific confidence to say this is something real.”

The new studies are relatively small in size, making it hard to draw generalities, especially since bisexual men may have varying levels of sexual, romantic and emotional attraction to partners of either sex. And of course the studies reveal nothing about patterns of arousal among bisexual women. The Northwestern study included 100 men, closely split among bisexuals, heterosexuals and homosexuals. The study in Archives of Sexual behavior included 59 participants, among them 13 bisexuals.

The new Northwestern study was financed in part by the American Institute of Bisexuality, a group that promotes research and education regarding bisexuality. Still, advocates expressed mixed feelings about the research.

Jim Larsen, 53, a chairman of the Bisexual Organizing Project, a Minnesota-based advocacy group, said the findings could help bisexuals still struggling to accept themselves.

“It’s great that they’ve come out with affirmation that bisexuality exists,” he said. “Having said that, they’re proving what we in the community already know. It’s insulting. I think it’s unfortunate that anyone doubts an individual who says, ‘This is what I am and who I am.’ ”

Ellyn Ruthstrom, president of the Bisexual Resource Center in Boston, echoed Mr. Larsen’s discomfort.

“This unfortunately reduces sexuality and relationships to just sexual stimulation,” Ms. Ruthstrom said. “Researchers want to fit bi attraction into a little box — you have to be exactly the same, attracted to men and women, and you’re bisexual. That’s nonsense. What I love is that people express their bisexuality in so many different ways.”

Despite her cautious praise of the new research, Dr. Diamond also noted that the kind of sexual arousal tested in the studies is only one element of sexual orientation and identity. And simply interpreting results about sexual arousal is complicated, because monitoring genital response to erotic images in a laboratory setting cannot replicate an actual human interaction, she added.

“Sexual arousal is a very complicated thing,” she said. “The real phenomenon in day-to-day life is extraordinarily messy and multifactorial.” [/b]

[manty]

I really would like to know why the world doubts the existence of Bi-sexuality in men only... Why is it the if a woman says that she is Bi no one thinks twice about it, but if a man claims to be Bi then he is lying because men can't be Bi...

[Pantyholic]

I would like to know who sponsored this study and how much the idiots who conducted it were granted.

I'm thinking of doing a study myself because ...and I know this sounds bizarre but I firmly believe there are men who enjoy wearing panties, could be wrong, but if we can get $$$s in sponsorship and enough participants, then we can monitor any movement of the penis when a male puts a pair of knickers on.

If we can prove that men can be sexually aroused by wearing panties then the findings could help those still struggling to accept themselves as gurls.

The study would involve men of different age groups, and each would be required to try on new, pre-worn, and different types of panty.

[manty]

Hahaha, sign me up!

[jessebell]

Count me in!!

[pantiedhammer]

all joking aside - very interesting article , thanks for sharing ; and PH sign me up for that study !

[Bettyz32]

I found it both interesting and reassuring. I was raised with the impression that you were either straight or gay.(Not that there's anything wrong with either) But living a "straight life" all along, and attacted to my feminine side made me question that. I wondered if I should "give up" and admit I'm gay.

So now gurls, we have a new delema, are we bi-sexual, bi-curious or bi-what? I'm definitely Bi-sexual.....any time I want sex....I have to buy it!

Some of us are gay (that's cool), some of us are bi-sexual (been with both hes and shes), some of us are Bi-curious (want to be with a he, or at least find out), but some of us are straight (and want only shes), but when dressed up in our "girlies" think about other hes dressed up too.

What's that called? PH suggested another study. Good idea. There might be some grant money in it. And how much fun would it be doing all those tests??? Maybe we can come up with a new name for us.

I'll start it.....Bi-feminine

[pantiedhammer]

so true - like you I was raised that it was "OK" to be gay or straight but that a Bi-guy was just gay and lying to himself - I trully enjoy things about woman but have also always been somewhat attracted to men - not ALL men - but there have certainly been a few that I had a 'crush' on. I am at the point in my life that I realise I have missed out on some things and am ready to enjoy them - but just like with women I am kinda shy and finding a man that is comfortable in lingerie is tougher than I thought. But I am looking . . .

[Rikki3X]

I have a male friend who has always bisexual.

If he wants sex......

HE BUYS IT !!

I know bad ...really f'n bad !!!

[mic091221]

I am tri sexual,,,,

i've tried it and i like it,,, LOL

i'm buy sexual too,, yes i have bought it and liked it too..

so i guess i like it all???,,


Hmmmmm, I declare!!!! I am Multi Sexual !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[milenlace]

ok i will say that i have thought about this for some time and sure there has been other men that i have come in contact with that i would like to have sex with. yes i am honest about that and i believe that in some of us boys that tendacy is there. i am not ashamed of my feelings just have not come out in the open and expressed them. love the topic just hope i spelled ok.

[Colnes]

Now, come on, PH!

MEN in PANTIES? You mean MEN actually wearing PANTIES??!!

I really can't believe that happens? Surely not?!!!!!

[shinysatinlover]

An interesting topic for sure.

Now, I'm sure there are names for it, but I can't remember what they are, but the way I see myself is this:

Hetero, don't 'fancy' men sexually at all.... BUT... turn a guy into a gurl, preferably dressed to my likes, and I will play happily... have done in fact - no problem getting it up, so-to-speak. All sexual desire lost once he is back in male garb, every time though.

So, I cross-dress happily without sexual motive but then there are frequent times when I love clothing and panties too of course that is pure fetish, or more specifically a paraphilia. I enjoy those items immensely, most often on my own, but get sexual gratification from them too. My Wife and I always dress for sex - it turns me on more than being naked.

So when I see the male in female attire the distinction blurs more as the paraphilia comes in and cancels my lack of sexuality for a male, but it's the clothing that does it - not the male.

OK, fuck this - I'm confused enough now...

[Rikki3X]

All this of couse in IN MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION...... What a lot of people do not seem understand is that ALL of us - men and women - are born with male and female sides.. Most real women are 90 -95% females and 5-10% male. When mother nature screws with the balances is when things get crazy. A female with too much male side can be attracted to real women- other wise known as the butch or dyke lesbians. Other women with just a little bit more but an not an "excessive" amount of male side can look to become the female partner in a lesbian relationship. The same goes for men.... way too much of the female gene and we get the transexuals - some go for the operation - others dont. For those of us who only have a little less of the female side can become the become the fetishists, CDs, and TV.s. Men and women with a near balance 50/50 split tend to be bi-sexuals. We take it where we can, when we canand how we can. .

I spent a lot of time witha a "paid friend" to realize all this and to undestand why I periodically turned into a very nasty. argumentative, and pretty much an violently unsociable person. Found out that by letting my other side out once in a while I manage to maintain a somewhat bslanced aproach to my life anbd my marriage. The wife is not all interested in my fetish or CD activities and I keep the Rikki pewrsonna pretty well hidde . . . . . nexcept for this web based "confessionla" box. SO who is the local priest handing out absolutions this week ?????

This post has been edited by Rikki3X: 17 January 2012 - 03:23 PM

[rlp]

Sign me up for the study to PH, would definatly be fun especially in a group setting.

[mic091221]

Quote

Despite her cautious praise of the new research, Dr. Diamond also noted that the kind of sexual arousal tested in the studies is only one element of sexual orientation and identity. And simply interpreting results about sexual arousal is complicated, because monitoring genital response to erotic images in a laboratory setting cannot replicate an actual human interaction, she added.
"Sexual arousal is a very complicated thing," she said. "The real phenomenon in day-to-day life is extraordinarily messy and multifactorial." [/b]

Um, what if your aroused by putting on Panties, wearing stockings, bra's, women, and Tranny's.. but NOT Men?,,, what does that make you???

I am not the least attracted to a hairy mans ass.. but I am attracted to very sexy women,,, "YES",, a hot sexy tranny? "YES", even if she has a MONSTER TOOL, but guys just turn me off..

but very very attracted in silky, soft, nylony, panties... mmmm mmmm good!!!!!!