![]() ![]() The book refers to the invisibility of bi people in research on sexuality why is that? People cringe when they say ‘bi’, or don’t say it, about themselves, because they’re worried about the reaction When people talk about sexuality as a spectrum, they’re usually indirectly referencing the Kinsey scale. Kinsey found that about half of men and about a quarter of women allocated themselves as not 100% heterosexual, which effectively meant that a lot of people were queer. The Kinsey scale is a way to see sexuality on a spectrum from 100% heterosexual desires to 100% homosexual desires. How did that tool change the field of study? Your book discusses one of the first measures of bisexuality, the Kinsey scale, first published in 1948 by the biologist Dr Alfred Kinsey. ![]() I figured if I was struggling to find those answers, other people were as well. But those books with the answers that I wanted didn’t exist, so I decided to write a book instead. I figured I’d read a couple of books and I’d be done. I had so many questions about bisexuality. ![]()
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