Women More Likely To Be Bisexual Than Men, Study Says
Women are three times more likely to have a flexible attitude to sexuality than men. [Photo: Rex]
Sexuality has been a big topic in the news recently, with the likes of Cara Delevingne, Miley Cyrus and Lily-Rose Depp not wanting to define whether they’re gay or straight – and why should they have to?
And now psychologists have revealed that actually women are more likely to be bisexual – or flexi-sexual, as some are dubbing it. A woman’s sexuality is more “adaptive” than a man’s, experts have found – just after a British survey revealed that half of young people don’t think of themselves as either gay or straight.
A poll of over 9,000 young adults showed that it’s not uncommon for women to change their mind about their sexuality, while men have clearer ideas about what they want.
Researchers tracked just over 5,000 women and 4,000 men as they grew up, asking them about their sexuality at the ages of 16, 22 and 28. They discovered that females are three times more likely than men to change their sexual identities – as celebs such as Angelina Jolie and Amber Heard have done.
Although now happily wed to Brad Pitt, Ange previously had a relationship with model Jenny Shimizu and Amber had was in a committed relationship with a female photographer before tying the knot with Johnny Depp.
Cara Delevingne, who’s reportedly dating singer St. Vincent, talked to Vogue about being bisexual. [Photo: Rex]
Amber Heard is married and still bisexual. [Photo: Rex]
“Women with some degree of attraction to both males and females might be drawn into heterosexuality if they have favourable options in the heterosexual partner market,” says the study’s lead researcher, Dr Elizabeth McClintock from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
“Women who are initially successful in partnering with men, as is more traditionally expected, may never explore their attraction to other women. However, women with the same sexual attractions, but less favourable heterosexual options might have greater opportunity to experiment with same-sex partners.”
Basically, the good doctor is saying that women who consider themselves to be good looking might be more inclined to think of themselves as purely heterosexual. If a woman’s having plenty of luck with men, then she may be less likely to experiment with other women.
Men, on the other hand, are more set in their ways. “Men are less often attracted to both sexes,” says Dr McClintock. “Men’s sexuality is, in a sense, less flexible. If a man is only attracted to one sex, romantic opportunity would little alter his sexual identity.”
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