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Today, there are major stereotypes going on, some of them documented on this wiki, about the kind of person you are if you're a homosexual. We've talked about ManlyGay and LipstickLesbian, as well as the obvious CampGay and ButchLesbian. StraightGay is somewhere in the middle. Being bi just means being awesome; it's become rather trendy in recent years if you're a woman to identify yourself as bi, regardless of whether or not you would enter a serious relationship with the same sex/gender. Although, female bisexuals have also gained a reputation for not being "real" or "not oppressed" [[FauxYay since a number of straight women do pretend to be bisexual for the sake of attention]] in addition to perceptions of female bisexuality being more socially acceptable, which has led to the stereotype that all women are secretly bisexual or more likely to be bisexual than men are. This ties in with how some statistics suggest that bisexual women are apparently more common than bisexual men. Bisexual men may be seen as more "masculine" or "normal" than gay men as they still engage in heterosexual relationships but there is also the idea that they [[DepravedBisexual are constantly horny and will have sex with anything.]] Some view bisexual men as gay men in denial about their true sexual orientations as [[SituationalSexuality functional bisexuality]] was the norm in many cultures--a gay man could have romantic and sexual relationships with men as long he also had a wife and was fathering children. Having said that, a lot of times the media don't know how to deal with bisexuals. And let's not even get into UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} or anything more complicated than that. But the point is that, whether rightly or wrongly, homosexuality is perceived as being about more than just who you sleep with; it's thought of as being a ''lifestyle''.

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Today, there are major stereotypes going on, some of them documented on this wiki, about the kind of person you are if you're a homosexual. We've talked about ManlyGay and LipstickLesbian, as well as the obvious CampGay and ButchLesbian. StraightGay is somewhere in the middle. Being bi just means being awesome; it's become rather trendy in recent years if you're a woman to identify yourself as bi, regardless of whether or not you would enter a serious relationship with the same sex/gender. Although, female bisexuals have also gained a reputation for not being "real" or "not oppressed" [[FauxYay since a number of straight women do pretend to be bisexual for the sake of attention]] in addition to perceptions of female bisexuality (and homosexuality in all fairness) being more socially acceptable, which has led to the stereotype that all women are secretly bisexual or more likely to be bisexual than men are. This ties in with how some statistics suggest that bisexual women are apparently more common than bisexual men. Bisexual men may be seen as more "masculine" or "normal" than gay men as they still engage in heterosexual relationships but there is also the idea that they [[DepravedBisexual are constantly horny and will have sex with anything.]] Some view bisexual men as gay men in denial about their true sexual orientations as [[SituationalSexuality functional bisexuality]] was the norm in many cultures--a gay man could have romantic and sexual relationships with men as long he also had a wife and was fathering children. Having said that, a lot of times the media don't know how to deal with bisexuals. And let's not even get into UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} or anything more complicated than that. But the point is that, whether rightly or wrongly, homosexuality is perceived as being about more than just who you sleep with; it's thought of as being a ''lifestyle''.

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