Bisexuality What Is It?

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That is a common complaint. "Your feet are in both camps, but your heart is in neither," observes Eric. "You have the opportunity to experience a kind of richness, but you constantly feel you have to make a choice." But forcing a selection may not be the wisest course. "You create a sexual neuter if you attempt to wipe out one set of feelings over the other," warns Wedin. "The more you attempt to repress it, the greater the disruption it tends to cause in the other set of feelings."

Answers to the puzzle of bisexuality are becoming more urgent. As the threat of AIDS intensifies, more precise information regarding bisexuals' prevalence and practices is desperately needed. As agitation for bisexual rights increases, a clearer understanding of sexuality's origins is pivotal to the debate. One thing is already evident: more even than gays, bisexuals used to live in the shadows. Now they are entering the spotlight.