The following article on bisexuality appeared today in RealClearScience:
Bisexuality has Quadrupled in the U.S.
Between 1989 and 1994, 3.1% of the 6,354 respondents reported having both male and female sex partners since age 18. Between 2012 and 2018, that rate had climbed to 9.3%, and during the COVID pandemic, it further rose to 9.6%.
Engaging in sexual activities with members of both sexes after age 18 is not necessarily indicative of true bbisexuality however. Thus, the researchers checked to see if there was a corresponding increase in the proportion of those who actually identify as bisexual. Between 2004 and 2010, 1.2% of those surveyed identified as bisexual. By 2021, the rate had nearly quadrupled to 4.5%.
Moreover, the upward trend in bisexuality in America seems set to continue, as over 6% of 18-29 year-olds but fewer than 2% of over age 40 identified as bisexual in the latest data.
Bisexuality has Quadrupled in the U.S.
Between 1989 and 1994, 3.1% of the 6,354 respondents reported having both male and female sex partners since age 18. Between 2012 and 2018, that rate had climbed to 9.3%, and during the COVID pandemic, it further rose to 9.6%.
Engaging in sexual activities with members of both sexes after age 18 is not necessarily indicative of true bbisexuality however. Thus, the researchers checked to see if there was a corresponding increase in the proportion of those who actually identify as bisexual. Between 2004 and 2010, 1.2% of those surveyed identified as bisexual. By 2021, the rate had nearly quadrupled to 4.5%.
Moreover, the upward trend in bisexuality in America seems set to continue, as over 6% of 18-29 year-olds but fewer than 2% of over age 40 identified as bisexual in the latest data.
