FBI (France Bisexualité Info)
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Could I date a bisexual man?
I posed this question to myself after hearing a student tell her boyfriend she was gay for one of his friends. It amazed me how open most of the current generation is, so I questioned if I could date a man who not only liked but had also been with men. I couldn’t really see why I couldn’t be, but I wasn’t totally comfortable with the idea. I began posing this question to my online friends, and folks on Twitter, mostly women, responded with a resounding NO!
But why not?
I think it’s about labels, society in general and penetration. The idea of another man penetrating a man is big reason many women hesitate. They can’t see their man with another man, yet the idea of female homosexuality or bisexuality (more labels), is quite acceptable—it’s even encouraged. But when it’s man-on-man, the social taboos linger even when they have no validity.
Some women who were openly bisexual or open-minded understood th
