The following is by my wife, posted on her behalf (as she doesn't want to create and maintain her own blog.)
This is in response to this article: http://www.gayguys.com/2013/10/bisexuals-pushed-lgbt-rights-issues/
This article talks a lot about bisexual men. I understand there is a difference between bisexual men and bisexual women as far as acceptance goes.
As for the male side, this article does a pretty good job of summing it up. I know it is very difficult for bi men to feel accepted by both straight men and gay men. Lots either go one way or the other and have one night stands on the side to fill the need for the other gender (hence the bad rapport of they are all slutty and sleep around too much).
As for the female side of things...It seems to me we are accepted by straight men, but it is not usually an acceptance that comes with respect. The acceptance we get is "OH your bi...So you can make out with other chicks and I get to watch and maybe play?! Eh?!" This leads to a lot of women being more straight but being "bi curious." They get boyfriends lead the "straight" life and when they are drunk or no one is looking they make out and have sex with girls on the side. It is all hush hush no one need know type of life. I have seen it time and time again. This makes it hard for a female to find a committed relationship with another girl once she has a guy. Few of the "bi curious" type will mever admit to being fully bi. "I don't want a relationship with another girl," or "I don't really like girls I just have a few friends I like to play with," or "I am not bi I just make out with anything while I am drunk," are all things I have heard. For the few I have heard that admit they are bi it is "well my family would not like it if I was bi or gay so I will just have to keep you a secret."
Lesbians, not all of them but a good number, do not like men. Not just they don't want to sleep them, but they have issues with non gay/transgendered men. Try telling one of them that you are bi and they just don't understand. They are usually fine with it, but it they just can not understand it. They would want nothing to do with a bi female who would also want a male as far as a relationship goes.
I personally think there are more bisexual people out there then society realizes. We just hide or lie to ourselves. It is easier to lie to yourself and play strait until drunk or curtains are closed to let out who you truly are. Hell, I lied to myself for years. I knew back when I was in grade school that I liked girls, but I was a girl I was supposed to like boys. I liked some so that counts. I must be strait. I am not to like all boys and I don't like all girls so...I am just strait and admiring these women. I must want to look like them...that is all, right?
Also there is another issue with being bi that is not mentioned when marriage comes up. Polyamory. When a person is bisexual, and to feel completely satisfied sexually need both sets of genitalia, it is hard to have a committed three way relationship. First off, even if you find two people that fit well with you and of opposite genders, you can not marry both. It is illegal. That leaves one person out if you decide to marry one before meeting the other. Also the word Polyamorous has lots of negative connotations. Let just put the whole "I can play too and watch right?"on the side. There are some men who think it is all about them and having lots of wives to have more babies, and who cares if the women actually like each other, harems. Lots of women are scared of couples looking cause you never know when it might just be the guy posting looking for his own harem or they live in a more BDSM style home and you will be his 24/7 slave. Being a single bi female looking at couples can be dangerous. So find a guy first and then find the right chick, but then it comes full circle. There is not a girl who will risk it.
There are lots of issues with the bisexual community. I hope one day we can all learn to be who we are and be okay with who we are. I also hope for understanding of bisexuals. It is not that we want to sleep with everyone or everything. We just need both genders in our lives sexually to feel satisfied. We can want and keep committed relationships even if it has two other people instead of just one.
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