'Bisexual chic:' Examining female-female kissing in a heterosexual social context

• In Event: Engaging the Intersections of Gender and Sexuality

Abstract

"Bisexual chic” leads increased female-female sexual encounters, yet these encounters are often rooted in a heterosexual context. Reactions to scenarios in which women at a club kiss or do not kiss were examined. Evaluations of the typicality of female-female kissing and impressions of the sexual orientation and promiscuity of the women were assessed. Female-female kissing was associated with assumptions of bisexuality and increased promiscuity stereotypes. Implications of “bisexual chic” are discussed.

Authors

• Amanda Denes, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Pamela Lannutti, Boston College