Bisexual women, more likely than bisexual men, to be depressed and abuse alcohol, new study finds

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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/gmu-bwm110811.php

Public release date: 8-Nov-2011

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Bisexual women, more likely than bisexual men, to be depressed and abuse alcohol, new study finds

Bisexual women are more likely than their male counterparts to suffer from depression and stress and to binge-drink, according to a new national study led by George Mason University researcher Lisa Lindley.

Bisexual women also are at greater risk to smoke and be victimized, the research finds.

"Why?" Lindley wonders. "That's what we keep asking."

She has some theories. "Bisexuals are often invisible," she says of bisexual women. "There's a lot of prejudice against them. They're told 'You're confused -- pick one.' There tends to be this expectation or standard that a person picks one sexual identity and sticks with it. I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about bisexuals. I think their risk has a lot more to do with stigma."

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300262

[stevenleser]

1. Interesting and totally counterintuitive

If someone had asked me before this which members of the LGBT community were the most accepted by society and thus had the fewest issues in daily life, it would have been bi-women.

Interesting to read their actual experiences.