Female Bisexuals in
the Media
As
long as the media has existed, it has stereotyped social groups. African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics,
blue-collar society- every cultural community has a negative image associated
with it. The Queer community is no
exception. Although homosexual
males have gotten more recognition in the media and portrayals of them have
become more diversified, other members of the queer community, particulary
bisexuals, are not given the same treatment. On the rare occasion when there is a bisexual person shown
on television, they are shown to be hypersexual, and their attraction to the
same sex is not treated seriously.
Not to mention, bisexuals on television are almost always female. Male bisexuals are just about
completely absent in the media.
Bisexual females are not created to appeal to members of that social
group, but rather to straight males.
As a result, the characteristics that straight males find most
attractive are amplified, regardless of whether or not those portrayals are in
fact true. It is not enough that a
group of people are merely present in the media, the that those images send
influence how people view and think of that social group.
Male
Consumption of Female Bisexuality
Bisexuality
or Experimentation?
Links concerning bisexuals in the media
http://www.afterellen.com/archives-bisexualwomen.html
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/bimedia/
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Bailey/Bisexuality/Bisexuality-NYT
7-05-05.html