Fluid vs. Fixed: Sexual Orientation

Gay, straight, bi-sexual; these labels may soon become obsolete. A recent study suggests that nearly 30% of lesbian-identified women have fallen in love with a man. Many women, throughout their lifetime, who at some point identify themselves as a lesbian, tend to weave in and out of their orientation. This refers to not just a fling, but legitimately having fallen in love. In the study of 100 women over a period of 10 years, the majority of women modified the labels associated with their sexual orientation, a trend that increased as time went on. Several participants adopted a preference of being “unlabeled” as they aged, while others have acknowledged a possible shift in their sexual identity in the future.

Take Anne Heche, for example. She was in a relationship with Ellen Degeneres for three years, while both before and after that period in her life she was with men. This is not meant to suggest sexual preference is a “choice,” but rather, that women’s attraction to another is based on more than indoor and the outdoor plumbing that defines the porn industry. It is something behind the eyes that women connect to.

Men, on the other hand, tend to have a more fixed relationship with their sexual orientation. It is far less common for a straight man to fall in love with a penis other than his own, or vice versa. They are more likely to label themselves as a certain sexual preference, and to stick with it for life. This further serves to back up the theory that men are attracted to visual and physical stimuli, while women are turned on by psychological and emotional factors.

It seems the titillation many men experience regarding bi-sexual women has caused a kind of backlash against women who flip flop between gender selections. The notion of two girls together (with room for some voyeuristic cock) may be a common interpretation of these studies, spurring a classic fantasy into a realistic possibility. Fathers, lock up your lesbians! The word is spreading that men may have a chance to spread her, and with all that pussy-lovin’ out in the open, he might inch ever so closely toward the threesome of his dreams.

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