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Maybe I’m not woke enough for this. But my bisexual friend said she’d “never be with a woman” And I’m just having a hard time understanding how she can say that claim to be bisexual while having a homophobic boyfriend. Any opinions or thoughts?
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Anonymous 6d

Yeah I dislike when this happens. I don’t like the question people’s sexualities but this certainly makes me question

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Anonymous 6d

Idk i think sometimes straight women appropriate bi identity because the social capital it brings them benefits them. Their bf thinks its hot and they feel special, but they arent involved in our community and never will be. It frustrates me as a bi person

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Anonymous 6d

Bro ive dealt with people like this, they way they defend their bfs behavior or general homophobia/ignorance from the straight community is so exhausting to be around

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Anonymous 6d

You can be attracted to women but have no desire to date them for whatever reason. If you’re attracted to multiple genders, you fall under the label of bisexual.

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Anonymous 6d

You should bury her bf in the dirt under some cardboard and mulch on top

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Anonymous 6d

It doesn’t make her less bisexual, and if she doesn’t want to be with a woman that’s valid and up to her. But the homophobic boyfriend part means she’s probably self hating and it contextualizes the rest of her preferences etc

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Anonymous 6d

i don’t like questioning people’s identities but either she makes questionable decisions or she’s lying.

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Anonymous 5d

If she’d “never be with a woman” she either had a bad experience or just wants to be a part of the community but isn’t actually queer.

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Anonymous 5d

I mean I think if it's like she'd never be in a relationship with a woman but would hook up with or go on dates with women, it's probably from the standpoint of "it's easier to be in a straight relationship in this society than it is to be in a gay one and idc that much about being gay to voluntarily make my life harder" which I don't think is that crazy. Homophobic bf is a whole separate problem but I mean POCs date racist people all the time so what can you do

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Anonymous 3d

opposite of this but I know someone who's bi but refuses to ever date men again due to previous trauma. but that doesn't seem to be what's going on here, in this case it seems more like internalized homophobia

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6d

or honestly both. that’s an option too

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6d

In this specific case though, with the homophobic boyfriend, it seems likely she’s either dealing with a lot of internalized homophobia, or isn’t actually bi. I don’t know her though

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5d

Or she’s exercising her bi-privilege because him being homophobic against gay men doesn’t actually affect her. But it the way your trying to erase her sexual identity cuz it doesn’t fit what YOU want, is biphobic asf. Maybe don’t shit on him when you’re not so great yourself…..

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5d

See I also don’t like to questions people sexualities But genuinely it’s so much that im questioning her sexuality rather I just don’t understand the connection or the reasoning if that makes sense And am struggling to understand how all of those can be true at once

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 5d

What? It’s just a fact of life that there are some homophobic straight people who pretend to be bi. I said I didn’t know her situation, and that it’s a possibility. If she’s actually bi, I’m not telling her she’s not. I’m just trying to brainstorm why she might be behaving the way she is, and that was one of the possibilities. I’m bi too

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 5d

Did you even read my first comment? I don’t “want” her bisexuality to be a certain way. The whole first comment was quite literally me explaining that bisexuality manifesting in the way she described is still bisexuality

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