The Horny Bisexual Trope
Eleanor Shellstrop, The Good Place
"[In a research paper by The Journal of Sex Research] researchers found that bisexual women, compared to lesbians and heterosexual women, were evaluated as more confused, promiscuous, non-monogamous, neurotic, extraverted, and open to experiences. Bisexuals were also evaluated as less agreeable and less conscientious." Psypost
Lisa Palmer, Santa Clarita Diet
"Though LGBT+ representation in the media has been improving in recent years, it is still rare to see positive portrayals of bi characters on television. Characters are usually assumed to be either gay or straight, depending on which characters they are interested in romantically. Even if a character is portrayed as being attracted to both male and female characters, they rarely identify as bi, instead claiming to “not need labels.”
"Bi characters are typically villains, promiscuous characters, or untrustworthy." Soapboxie
Nick Scratch, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
"A common and inaccurate stereotype is that all bisexual people do not want to be, or cannot be, monogamous. It is inaccurate and harmful to imply that bisexual people are categorically more “promiscuous” than others. People of all sexual orientations can be monogamous for some or all of their lives, or they can choose other types of relationships. This decision is entirely separate from one's sexual orientation." GLAAD Media Reference Guide
Klaus Hargreeves, The Umbrella Academy
"Pansexual people are [also] commonly faced with [this] stigma, fuelled in part by some people's belief that they lead hypersexualized lives. This infers that pansexual people are more likely to cheat and be promiscuous because they are "available to everyone."
"This misconception has led some people to assume that pansexual people are wanting to engage in any and all sexual activities, negating the need for sexual consent." Very Well Health
Irene Adler, Sherlock
"The hypersexualization of the LGBTQ community has taken many forms. Not only are gay men and transgender women framed as sexual predators, but lesbians are objectified and fetishized by straight men, and bisexual and pansexual people are assumed to be constantly sleeping around." The Under Ground
Bisexuality on screen is used to indicate sexual experience and promiscuity. This feeds into the misconception that bisexuality is used as a way to appear more attractive and "bisexual people [are] just attention-seeking nymphomaniacs – or that bisexuality was, in the words of Carrie Bradshaw, “Just a layover on the way to Gay Town.”" Fashion Journal
Margot Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums
"The way its [bisexuality] been commodified, that was always going to happen… there’s a whole sort of discourse around bisexuality, its
exotic… that bohemian angle, it masks the actuality of being a bisexual person even in this day and age." University of Huddersfield
Bisexuality is used to add to the mysteriousness of an already mysterious character. It's not undisclosed for privacy; it's hidden to feed into a "not like other girls / guys" trope.
Willow Rosenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Bisexuals talk about “coming out twice"—once as gay or lesbian in a heterosexual world when they acknowledge their attraction to their own gender, and then again when they acknowledge their continuing attraction to the opposite sex." Psychology Today
The common depiction of bisexual myths is one of the reasons bisexuals feel they have to come out numerous times or don't come out at all.
"Three in ten bi men (30%) and almost one in ten bi women (8%), say they cannot be open about their sexual orientation with any of their friends, compared to two per cent of gay men and one per cent of lesbians." Stonewall
Not all visibility is good visibility.
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I was tagged by the lovely @all-mirrors to list 7 of my favourite films (my mind was blank, so they might not be all my favourite of all time), so here it is 🧡 :
- Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind (this one is absolute n°1 though)
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Lost in translation
- Pride and prejudice
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- The hours
- Brokeback Mountain
I tag @dicapriho @oscarspoe @yeuch @astro-gnome @olihju if you feel like it 🤷♀️
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Welcome all!
Who the hell am I?!
My name is Lydia! Feel free to make up/use any nickname for me :-]
Pronouns she/her
I'm 18 years old
First generation immigrant
Avid New York Times games fan
Very new to Tumblr
Media consumer
Former theater kid....
Enjoyer of weird girl interests!
What weird girl interests you may ask...
Films:
Okja (2017)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Bones and All (2022)
The Exorcist (1973)
Beautiful Boy (2018)
My Letterboxd
Series:
Fleabag
Russian Doll
Adventure Time
Music:
Elliott Smith
Lorde
The Front Bottoms
My Chemical Romance
My Stats.fm and Spotify
Phoebe Bridgers
Literature:
Beautiful Boy by David Sheff
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
A Thousand Spledid Suns by Khaled Hossieni
I need to read more :'-[
My Goodreads
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My messages are always open!!! Feel free to say hello, I'm always looking for new friends :-D
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