Bisexual behavior is on the rise, according to a new study. We hear a lot about sex and gender issues in the news. From the rise of the hookup culture to fierce Supreme Court battles over LGBT rights, whom we sleep with and how we do it is no longer confined to the boudoir. And all that sex talk has revealed that more of us are open to bisexual behavior than ever, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior revealed that not only has the number of people who are tolerant of same-sex hookups increased, the number of people actually having them has doubled since the s. To get a handle on how our cultural context has affected our bedroom encounters, a team of researchers examined data from the General Social Survey, which included responses from over 30, adults in the U. They found that between and , the percentage of men who have hooked up with another dude at least once rose from 4. And women experienced an even more dramatic increase in same-sex behavior: The percentage of ladies with at least one girl-on-girl experience went up from 3. Interestingly, the old stereotype that claims women like to experiment in college is sort of true.


RELATED ARTICLES
I took a chance and kissed her
My feelings are all over the place. We have been married for 25 years and sex was great at first. But five years ago I was diagnosed with diabetes and can no longer get an erection. Send an email to problems deardeidre. Every problem gets a personal reply, usually within 24 hours weekdays.
Top Navigation
Experimenting with someone of the same sex is thankfully less taboo than it's ever been. And according to a survey from the sex toy company Adam and Eve, 30 percent of women have done just that. And 19 percent of men surveyed said they've experimented with other men. In honor of Pride Month, we asked readers of all different sexual orientations about their first same-sex encounters. Here are their stories:. Having been struggling with my own sexuality, I boldly told her that I thought we would end up making out.
I have never thought that female sexual psychology was simple. But I've changed my mind about the magnitude of its complexity and consequently revamped the scope and orchestration of my entire research program. I once focused my research on two primary sexual strategies — long-term and short-term. Empirical work has revealed a deeper, richer repertoire: serial mating, friends with benefits, one-night stands, brief affairs, enduring affairs, polyamory, polyandry, sexual mate poaching, mate expulsion, mate switching, and various combinations of these throughout life. Women implement their sexual strategies through an astonishing array of tactics. Scientists have documented at least 34 distinct tactics for promoting short-term sexual encounters and nearly double that for attracting a long-term romantic partner. Researchers discovered 28 tactics women use to derogate sexual competitors, from pointing out that her rival's thighs are heavy to telling others that the rival has a sexually transmitted disease. Women's sexual strategies include at least 19 tactics of mate retention, ranging from vigilance to violence, and 29 tactics of ridding themselves of unwanted mates, including having sex as a way to say good-bye.