Heteroflexibility

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heteroflexibility is a form of sexual orientation that is largely characterized by heterosexual activity. The only minimal proportion of homosexual activity separates heteroflexibility from bisexuality . She is also known colloquially as "mostly straight". Although it is sometimes equated with bi-interest, which also falls on the borderline between hetero- and bisexuality, other authors clearly delimit heteroflexibility, since it does not show the "desire to experiment with [...] sexuality", which is implied by the term "bi-interested". The opposite situation, in which homosexual activity dominates and there is only a small proportion of heterosexual activity, is denoted by the corresponding term homoflexibility.

Surveys in the US and Canada have shown that 3 to 4 percent of teenage boys identify as “mostly” or “mostly” heterosexual when asked to choose the term that describes their sexual orientation. While the majority chose “100% heterosexual”, “mostly heterosexual” was in second place. Of 160 men surveyed in a 2008/09 study, almost one in eight said they had same-sex fantasies or were sometimes attracted to the same sex. Most of the respondents had developed these feelings in middle school, others only later. A random sample of 22-year-old young men showed that the proportion “mostly heterosexual” would have risen if the same survey had taken place six years later.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EM Thompson, EM Morgan: "Mostly straight" young women: Variations in sexual behavior and identity development . In: Developmental Psychology . 44, No. 1, 2008, pp. 15-21. doi : 10.1037 / 0012-1649.44.1.15 . PMID 18194001 .
  2. ^ Katherine Frank: 'Not Gay, but Not Homophobic': Male Sexuality and Homophobia in the 'Lifestyle' . In: Sexualities . 11, No. 4, 2008, pp. 435-454. doi : 10.1177 / 1363460708091743 .
  3. ↑ Pascale Smorag: From Closet Talk to PC Terminology: Gay Speech and the Politics of Visibility . In: Transatlantica . May 14, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ Bobbi Keppel: Affirmative Psychotherapy with Older Bisexual Women and Men . In: Journal of Bisexuality . 6, No. 1-2, 2006, pp. 85-104. doi : 10.1300 / J159v06n01_06 .
  5. ↑ Savin-Williams, Ritch C., Kara Joyner, and Gerulf Rieger. "Prevalence and stability of self-reported sexual orientation identity during young adulthood." Archives of sexual behavior 41.1 (2012): 103-110.
  6. ^ Mostly Straight, Most of the Time . goodmenproject. November 3, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2011.