Women who won't date bisexual guys - is it closed minded?
My friend said she would not date bi guys, because she said it would feel weird to her. I've heard other women say they won't because they feel that a bi guy wouldn't be as manly. So do you think it is closed-minded if a woman does not want to date a bi guy?
Kind of, it's a double standard. Women can have fluid sexuality but for men it's considered more rigid. This is something I feel we need to move past as a society. Your friend likely thinks the guy is just passing through biville on his way to gaytown.
Yes, it's close-minded and ignorant. It's like not wanting to date someone because they have a certain blood type. It's not something they can control, so why use that against them? Being bisexual, pansexual, gender-blind, etc, doesn't make a person any less able to be in a committed relationship than someone who is hetereosexual or homosexual.
If having preferences equals being closed-minded then yes we are all a bunch of closed-minded assholes.
No hw about you speak for yourself. A preference means preferring one thing over another, not excluding groups of people. So if we all had a preference we would all be the exact opposite of assholes. But we know that ain't reality
If a girl says she won't date bisexual men because she thinks that makes them less manly, then they ARE being closeminded.
But if she doesn't want to do it because for instance she's insecure about certain things and becomes jealous easily, then I would totally understand. A jealous person dating a bisexual one would probably see danger around every corner (exaggerated, but still), because they will think it doesn't even depend on gender then.
I don't think what they identify as should be a problem. If they like you and you like them then that's all that matters. People seem quite hung up about the bisexual label.