No, she's not going to cheat on you just because she's bisexual. If you’re dating a bisexual woman, you can help her feel close to her identity by encouraging her to stay involved in the bi community and not making the mistake of assuming she’s straight or gay now based upon your own orientation.ģ. While I enjoy dating people like David and people like Lauren, both experiences often include bi erasure, or society’s desire to categorize me as either straight or gay. When I’m out at a queer club covered in glitter and making out with Lauren, the lesbian I’m seeing, society assumes I’m a femme lesbian. When I’m out at the movies with David, the tall, hairy, straight dude, society assumes that I’m a straight woman. And on top of annoying questions, she likely experiences a unique form of identity erasure. You wouldn't keep asking a straight woman you were dating if she was 'really' straight, right? Yeah, it's just as weird for you to do that to a bisexual woman.Ģ.
