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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
• Sociological and Sexological Approach to Bisexuality
• Overview of the Chapters
• 2. Bisexuality: It is Complicated
• Defining Sexuality
• Examining the Components of Sexuality
• Sexual Attraction
• Sexual Repulsion
• Sexual Behavior
• Sexual Identity
• Romantic Love
• Distinguishing Romance from Bromance
• Types of Bisexuality
• 3. Measuring and Surveying Bisexuality
• Measures of Sexual Attraction
• Surveying Bisexuality
• Surveying Bisexuality in Our Research
• Problems in Estimating the Bisexual Population
• Survey Results of Sexual Minority Populations
• How Bisexual Are Bisexuals?

• Expanding Categories and Sexual Flexibility
• 4. Bisexuality as a Unique Social Problem
• Biphobia and Bisexual Burden
• Characteristics of Bisexual Burden
• Psychological and Health Effects of Bisexual Burden
• Bisexual Privilege
• 5. Gendering of Sexuality
• Homohysteria
• Stage Model of Homohysteria
• Homoerasure
• Homohysteria
• Inclusivity
• Effects of Inclusivity
• Expansion of Gendered Boundaries
• Erosion of the One-Time Rule of Homosexuality
• Decreasing Biphobia
• Changing Sexual Identities Among Youth
• 6. Taking Bisexual Research to the Streets
• Situating Our Study
• Evaluating the Method
• Controversial Method?
• Interview Procedure
• Qualitative Analysis
• Importance of Generations
• Note on Women
• 7. Challenging Identities, Changing Identifications
• Confusion and Denial Among Men in the 20th Century
• Young Bisexual Men and Clarity of Desire
• Generational Differences in the Value of Identity Categories
• Critiquing Bisexuality as an Identity Label
• Conclusion
• 8. Coming Out with 20th Century Baggage
• Coming Out to Friends
• Difficulty of Coming Out to Family
• Negotiating Bisexuality at Work
• Bisexual Burden on the Scene
• Helerosexism
• Misogyny
• Importance of the City
• Conclusion
• 9. Coming Out in the 21st Century
• Acceptance and Inclusion Among Friends
• Coming Out to School
• Inclusive Families
• Eroding Heterosexism
• Similarity Between City and Countryside
• Conclusion
• 10. Bisexual Relationships
• Increased Personal Acceptance
• Remnants of Bisexual Burden Among Romantic Partners
• Decreasing Heteronormativity
• Gendered Preferences
• Monogamism
• Conclusion
• 11. Conclusions
• Presence of a Generational Cohort Effect
• Theorizing the Cohort Effect
• Intersecting Factors
• Expanding Sexuality and Death of the One-Time Rule
• Benefits of Our Recruitment Procedure
• Recommendations for Future Research
• Implications for Social Policy
• In Conclusion.

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Author/Creator:

Anderson, Eric , author

Contributors:

McCormack, Mark H. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The changing dynamics of bisexual men's lives: social research perspectives [by Anderson, E.]

Related Series:

Focus on sexuality research (ISSN 2195-2272)

Subjects:

Bisexual men — Social aspects

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 20, 2016).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HQ74.8 .A53 2016eb

ISBNs:

9783319294124 (electronic bk.)
3319294121 (electronic bk.)
9783319294117 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

949668664

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4520139 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12987143