{"id":16746,"date":"2019-06-11T01:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T01:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=16746"},"modified":"2019-06-12T06:35:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T06:35:57","slug":"23-of-young-black-women-now-identify-as-bisexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/23-of-young-black-women-now-identify-as-bisexual\/","title":{"rendered":"23% of young black women now identify as bisexual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tristan Bridges<\/a>, University of California, Santa Barbara<\/a><\/em> and Mignon R. Moore<\/a>, Barnard College<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Since 1972, social scientists have studied the General Social Survey<\/a> to chart the complexities of social change in the United States.<\/p>\n

The survey, which is conducted every couple years, asks respondents their attitudes on topics ranging from race relations to drug use. In 2008, the survey started including a question on sexual identity.<\/p>\n

As sociologists who study sexuality, we\u2019ve noticed how more and more women are reporting that they\u2019re bisexual. But in the most recent survey<\/a>, one subset stood out: 23% of black women in the 18 to 34 age group identified as bisexual \u2013 a proportion that\u2019s nearly three times higher than it was a decade ago.<\/p>\n

What forces might be fueling this shift? And what can learn from it?<\/p>\n

Bisexuality among women is on the rise<\/h2>\n

In the 10 years that the General Social Survey has included a question on sexual identity, rates of identification among gay men, lesbian women and bisexual men in the U.S. haven\u2019t changed much.<\/p>\n

Bisexual identifying women, on the other hand, account for virtually all of the growth among those who say they\u2019re lesbian, gay or bisexual. Of all of the women who responded to the 2018 survey, more than 1 in 18 identified as bisexual<\/a>. One decade ago, only 1 in 65 did.<\/p>\n