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On the borders of sexuality research: young people who have sex with both males and females
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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by Maria Pallotta-ChiarolliMaria Pallotta-ChiarolliAs D' Augelli and Grossman point out, there is an underrepresentation in LGB research of "youth who have had sexual experiences with both males and females." Indeed, Heath (2005) refers to the "silent B" in much GLBT research. And, Owens (1998, p. 55) discusses how heterosexism "formalizes a societal dichotomy of heterosexuality versus homosexuality with little room for bisexuals" in educational research. Most of the information on bisexuality has been obtained from studies with adult samples, and it is "unclear to what extent a separate bisexual cultural identity is consolidated during adolescence" (Ryan & Rivers, 2003, p.105). As Bryan, a 17-year-old bisexual young man in my research, declared: "It's simple bullshit logic! They don't have evidence of bi kids in schools because they don't want to find it and so don't write their research looking for it."
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Journal of gay & lesbian issues in educationVolume
3Issue
2-3Pagination
79 - 86Publisher
Harrington Park PressLocation
Binghamton, NYPublisher DOI
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1541-0889eISSN
1541-0870Language
engNotes
Available online: 21 Oct 2008Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2006, The Haworth PressUsage metrics
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