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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Century 1824]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Century 1824]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : [[possessing]] characters of both [[sexes]] : hermaphroditic  

*1 a : [[possessing]] characters of both [[sexes]] : hermaphroditic  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Bisexuality''' is a [[sexual]] [[behavior]] or an [[orientation]] involving [[physical]] or [[romantic]] [[attraction]] to both [[males]] and [[females]].  It is one of the three main [[classifications]] of [[sexual]] [[orientation]], along with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality heterosexual] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality homosexual]  orientation. [[Individuals]] who lack sexual [[attraction]] to either [[sex]] are known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality asexual].

'''Bisexuality''' is a [[sexual]] [[behavior]] or an [[orientation]] involving [[physical]] or [[romantic]] [[attraction]] to both [[males]] and [[females]].  It is one of the three main [[classifications]] of [[sexual]] [[orientation]], along with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality heterosexual] and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality homosexual]  orientation. [[Individuals]] who lack sexual [[attraction]] to either [[sex]] are known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality asexual].

Bisexuality has been [[observed]] in various [[human]] [[societies]] and elsewhere in the [[animal]] kingdom throughout recorded [[history]]. The term bisexuality, however, like the terms hetero- and homosexuality, was coined in the 19th century.

Bisexuality has been [[observed]] in various [[human]] [[societies]] and elsewhere in the [[animal]] kingdom throughout recorded [[history]]. The term bisexuality, however, like the terms hetero- and homosexuality, was coined in the 19th century.

Despite misconceptions, bisexuality does not require that a [[person]] be attracted equally to both sexes. In [[fact]], people who have a distinct but not exclusive preference for one [[sex]] over the other may still identify themselves as bisexual. A 2005 study by researchers Gerulf Rieger, Meredith L. Chivers, and J. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Bailey Michael Bailey],  which attracted [[media]] [[attention]], purported to find that bisexuality is extremely rare in men. This was based on results of controversial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_plethysmograph penile plethysmograph] testing when viewing pornographic material involving only [[men]] and pornography involving only [[women]]. Critics state that this [[study]] works from the [[assumption]] that a [[person]] is only truly bisexual if he or she exhibits virtually [[equal]] arousal [[responses]] to both opposite-sex and same-sex stimuli, and have consequently dismissed the [[self]]-[[identification]] of people whose arousal [[patterns]] showed even a mild preference for one sex. Some [[researchers]] say that the [[technique]] used in the [[study]] to [[measure]] genital arousal is too crude to capture the richness (erotic sensations, [[affection]], admiration) that [[constitutes]] [[sexual]] [[attraction]]. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force called the [[study]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times The New York Times] coverage of it flawed and biphobic. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_and_Accuracy_in_reporting FAIR] also criticised the [[study]].

Despite misconceptions, bisexuality does not require that a [[person]] be attracted equally to both sexes. In [[fact]], people who have a distinct but not exclusive preference for one [[sex]] over the other may still identify themselves as bisexual. A 2005 study by researchers Gerulf Rieger, Meredith L. Chivers, and J. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Bailey Michael Bailey],  which attracted [[media]] [[attention]], purported to find that bisexuality is extremely rare in men. This was based on results of controversial [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_plethysmograph penile plethysmograph] testing when viewing pornographic material involving only [[men]] and pornography involving only [[women]]. Critics state that this [[study]] works from the [[assumption]] that a [[person]] is only truly bisexual if he or she exhibits virtually [[equal]] arousal [[responses]] to both opposite-sex and same-sex stimuli, and have consequently dismissed the [[self]]-[[identification]] of people whose arousal [[patterns]] showed even a mild preference for one sex. Some [[researchers]] say that the [[technique]] used in the [[study]] to [[measure]] genital arousal is too crude to capture the richness (erotic sensations, [[affection]], admiration) that [[constitutes]] [[sexual]] [[attraction]]. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force called the [[study]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times The New York Times] coverage of it flawed and biphobic. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_and_Accuracy_in_reporting FAIR] also criticised the [[study]].

In 1995, Harvard Shakespeare professor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Garber Marjorie Garber] made the [[academic]] case for bisexuality with her 600 page, ''Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life'' in which she [[argued]] that most people would be bisexual if not for "repression, [[religion]], repugnance, [[denial]], laziness, shyness, lack of [[opportunity]], premature specialization, a failure of [[imagination]], or a life already full to the brim with erotic [[experiences]], albeit with only one [[person]], or only one [[gender]]."

In 1995, Harvard Shakespeare professor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Garber Marjorie Garber] made the [[academic]] case for bisexuality with her 600 page, ''Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life'' in which she [[argued]] that most people would be bisexual if not for "repression, [[religion]], repugnance, [[denial]], laziness, shyness, lack of [[opportunity]], premature specialization, a failure of [[imagination]], or a life already full to the brim with erotic [[experiences]], albeit with only one [[person]], or only one [[gender]]."

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Asexuality]]'''''

*'''''[[Asexuality]]'''''