I recently (last week) had someone tell me that Bi-sexuality was not for real.  Is it possible to have an interest in men as well as women? I don't mean just straight women who sometimes get down with women to make their boyfriends happy or as a gift to the men in their lives.  I mean guys and gals who are sexually/emotionally ACTIVE with both genders.  Does this happen or are these Bi-sexuals just people who want their cake and eat it too (Pun totally intended)? 

If Bi-sexuality is recognized as an actual sexual preference(for lack of a better word, as I beleive that bi-sexuality is a sexual category that should be widely recognized) would these instances of men on the  Down-Low be as prevelant as they are now?  Many see the married men who engage in side relationships with other men as Gay not bisexual. I don't think that this is always the case.  I think that these men are bisexual and that much of the trouble caused by their side engagements (broken families AIDS and other STD's)would be non-existent if society did not stigmatize and marginalize relationships that do not involve the traditional set-up of man and woman. 

What about women in relationships with men who have side relationships with other women?  Is this just as unacceptable or is this more acceptable. Some feel that because of the way that many girls are socialized (girls share more information with one another and tend to be more touchy-feely with their friends growing up) their connection to other women is more natural than the man on man counter-relationship. 

I am terribly interested in what you'all (ya'll) think!

This entry is inspired by the November elections coming up in Houston which has the question of Gay Marriage on the line! I'll let ya know how that turns out!

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