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Should bisexuals be considered homosexuals?

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Yes
42% 138 votes Total: 331 votes
No
58% 193 votes

By definition, bisexuals are attracted to both sexes, men and women, and engage in both heterosexual and homosexual behavior. The prefix BI- means two or both, which is appropriate and understandable. However, in the case of bisexuality, it takes no significance nor does it hold any truth - because it is connected to homosexuality. Therefore, bisexuals should be considered homosexuals because that is what they are.

It makes absolutely no sense to separate bisexuality from homosexuality when both terminologies are semi-similar, especially when those of both groups engage in like behaviors. Just because bisexuals take part in fulfilling their hedonistic needs with both sexes does not mean it excuses their homosexual disposition. It simply means that they are using their bisexuality as a way to cover up their nature of homosexuality. Others may argue otherwise, but the facts cannot be denied; e.g., sleeping with the same sex and having attraction for the same sex speak volumes.

Supporters of bisexuality have disputed and raised many arguments on why bisexuals are not homosexuals; one argument they present is this: bisexuals are not homosexuals because some inhabit most of their sexual time with the opposite sex and partake in homosexual behavior occasionally. Indeed, this bisexual practice may be true, but what is not true is their sexual orientation. In reality, if this defense is true, it means that bisexuals can partake in homosexual activities and not be considered such, because their bisexuality overshadows their same-sex relationships. This argument is asinine, laughable - weak at best - and purely nonsense.

Take, for example, a man who has been in a long-term marriage, ten plus years to be exact, and during his marriage he finds sexual pleasure (monthly) in the comfort of a man - when he is tired of a lying down with his wife. Yes, this man typifies a bisexual, but is he not equally gay as well? Should he not be considered a gay man due to his repulsive and continuous behavior? Those who do not think so are ignoring the fact that his behavior mirrors that of a homosexual.

Strangely, some people who live a bisexual and homosexual lifestyle claim they are neither (but rather "straight"), because their heterosexual relationship dominates their homosexuality. This kind of thinking is outrageously irrational and makes no sense. Society has even coined a phrase called bi-curious, a ridiculous term for an individual who generally identifies as a heterosexual


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