'Just a little hint': bisexual-specific microaggressions and their connection to epistemic injustices
'Just a little hint': bisexual-specific microaggressions and their connection to epistemic injustices
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DOI：
10.1080/13691058.2014.889754
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Hequembourg, Amy
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作者：
Bostwick, Wendy;Hequembourg, Amy
越来越多的证据表明，与异性恋和女同性恋女性相比，双性恋女性患心理健康疾病的比例不成比例。这种差异往往归因于与少数群体地位有关的压力源，包括偏见和歧视的经历。先前的研究几乎没有区分双性恋群体与女同性恋/男同性恋群体的偏见经历。根据在美国一座大城市中对 10 名（主要是白人）双性恋女性进行的焦点小组收集的定性数据，我们认为双性恋群体确实存在偏见经历的差异，并且这种差异存在于认知领域，但对双性恋女性的日常生活经历具有非常现实的影响。我们讨论参与者针对其双性恋身份报告的日常轻视和侮辱，也称为微侵犯。这些双性恋特有的微侵犯包括敌意；拒绝/解雇；难以理解；改变的压力；女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性者的合法性；约会排除；和性欲亢进。我们考虑这种微侵犯如何对心理健康和福祉产生不利影响，并可能有助于解释双性恋女性之间的心理健康差异。
A growing body of evidence indicates disproportionate rates of mental health disorders among bisexual women compared to both heterosexual and lesbian women. Such disparities are often attributed to stressors related to minority status, including experiences of prejudice and discrimination. Prior research has made little distinction between the prejudicial experiences of bisexual groups as compared to lesbian/gay groups. Based on qualitative data gathered in focus groups with 10, predominantly White, bisexual-identified women, which occurred in a large city in the USA, we posit that differences in prejudicial experiences do exist for bisexual groups, and that such differences reside in the realms of the epistemic, yet have very real implications for bisexual women's daily lived experiences. We discuss everyday slights and insults, also known as microaggressions, reported by the participants vis-a-vis their bisexual identity. These bisexual-specific microaggressions include hostility; denial/dismissal; unintelligibility; pressure to change; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legitimacy; dating exclusion; and hypersexuality. We consider how such microaggressions may adversely impact mental health and well-being and may assist in explaining the mental health disparities among bisexual women.