Sexuality is more about just being gay or straight. New research shows that many people ignore or don't believe in bi and asexuality- this despite the fact there's scientific evidence supporting the existence of both. Laci Green looks at why this is, and the groups most likely to hold this line of thinking. Read More: Considerable gender, racial and sexuality differences in attitudes toward bisexuality http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uops-cgr103113.php "Men who identify themselves as heterosexual are three times more likely to categorize bisexuality as "not a legitimate sexual orientation," an attitude that can encourage negative health outcomes in people who identify as bisexual, according to an analysis led by University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researcher Mackey Friedman, Ph.D., M.P.H." Study: Straight Guys Don't Believe in Bisexuality http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/11/straight-guys-dont-believe-in-bisexuality.html "Straight men are three times more likely to categorize bisexuality as "not a thing," according to a University of Pittsburgh study." Sexual arousal patterns of bisexual men revisited. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21763395 "Men who identify themselves as bisexual report feeling sexually aroused by both men and women. However, past research has not demonstrated that such men exhibit substantial genital arousal to both male and female erotic stimuli, suggesting that they identify as bisexual for reasons other than their genital arousal pattern." How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender? http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf "Increasing numbers of population-based surveys in the United States and across the world include questions that allow for an estimate of the size of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population." FAMOUS BISEXUALS http://bisexual.org/famous-bisexuals/ Watch More: An (A)Sexual Orientation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk74Gj5hXZI TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-263-can-you-sneeze-without-closing-your-eyes?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_campaign=DNWC Born Gay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70I7Nag4Eu8 ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook http://facebook.com/dnews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

• published: 09 Nov 2013
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