1. Young bisexual women’s perspectives on the relationship between bisexual stigma, mental health, and sexual health: a qualitative study.
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Flanders, Corey E., Dobinson, Cheryl, and Logie, Carmen
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LGBTQ+ people , *BISEXUALITY , *FOCUS groups , *GENDER identity , *GROUNDED theory , *SEXUAL health , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *INTERVIEWING , *RESEARCH methodology , *MENTAL health , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *STEREOTYPES , *SOCIAL stigma , *WOMEN'S health , *REPRODUCTIVE health , *QUALITATIVE research , *JUDGMENT sampling , *DATA analysis , *SIGNIFICANT others , *THEMATIC analysis , *HEALTH equity , *DATA analysis software , *MEDICAL coding , *ATTITUDES toward sex , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *SOCIETIES - Abstract
Young bisexual women experience worse mental and sexual health outcomes in comparison to their heterosexual and lesbian peers. These disparities are associated with stigma and devaluation of bisexual identities. The current paper addresses a community-based focus group project in which participants discussed bisexual stigma in regard to bisexual erasure and other stereotypes. Specifically, participants detailed experiences of feeling pressured to provide evidence of their bisexual identity, modifying their relationship or sexual behavior to conform to these expectations, as well as feeling excluded from queer community. Further, participants discussed how these experiences were related to decreased mental and sexual health. Future research should further investigate the relationship between bisexual stigma, pressure to provide evidence of bisexual identity, and negative mental and sexual health outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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