Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: Results from a 10-year longitudinal study
Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: Results from a 10-year longitudinal study
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10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.5
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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4
通讯作者：
Diamond, Lisa M.
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作者：
Diamond, Lisa M.
关于双性恋是否是一个暂时的否认或过渡阶段，一个稳定的“第三类型”的性取向，或性流动能力的提高，争论仍然存在。本研究使用5波纵向数据收集79女同性恋，双性恋，和“无标签”的妇女来评估这些模型。“第三取向”和“流动性”模型都有支持，但“过渡阶段”模型没有支持。在10年的时间里，2/3的女性改变了她们在研究开始时声称的身份标签，1/3的女性改变了两次或更多次标签。然而，与“过渡阶段”模型相反，更多的女性接受了双性恋/未标记的身份，而不是放弃这些身份;很少有双性恋/未标记的女性最终确定为女同性恋或异性恋。总的来说，最常用的身份是“无标签”。“双性恋/未标记的女性对同性/异性吸引力的总体分布稳定，但从评估到评估的吸引力绝对波动大于女同性恋者。所有女性都报告说，随着时间的推移，她们的同性行为与异性行为的比例有所下降。这些发现表明，女同性恋和双性恋之间的区别是一个程度问题，而不是种类。
Debates persist over whether bisexuality is a temporary stage of denial or transition, a stable "3rd type" of sexual orientation, or a heightened capacity for sexual fluidity. The present study uses 5 waves of longitudinal data collected from 79 lesbian, bisexual, and "unlabeled" women to evaluate these models. Both the "3rd orientation" and "fluidity" models had support, but the "transitional stage" model did not. Over 10 years, 2/3 of women changed the identity labels they had claimed at the beginning of the study, and 1/3 changed labels 2 or more times. Yet, contrary to the "transitional stage" model, more women adopted bisexual/unlabeled identities than relinquished these identities; few bisexual/unlabeled women ended up identifying as lesbian or heterosexual. Overall, the most commonly adopted identity was "unlabeled." Bisexual/unlabeled women had stable overall distributions of same-sex/other-sex attractions but greater absolute fluctuations in attractions from assessment to assessment than lesbians. All women reported declines in their ratio of same-sex to other-sex behavior over time. These findings demonstrate that the distinction between lesbianism and bisexuality is a matter of degree rather than kind.