In turn, they engage in methodological bisexual erasure, aggregating bisexuals with either heterosexuals or gay/lesbians.
Studies using census data also engage in methodological bisexual erasure. This is because bisexuals are classified as either heterosexual or lesbian/gay depending on the sex of their partner.
Yoshino (2000) goes on to introduce the concept of an 'epistemic contract' relating to bisexual erasure that monosexuals, knowingly or unknowingly, hold investment in, which has come about as the result of bisexuality's ability to destabilize monosexual identities and behaviour, and threaten the social norm of monogamy.
Despite Yoshino's efforts to illuminate the issues associated with bisexual erasure, in 2005 a study was published that gained widespread attention and threatened to erase bisexuality from the consciousness of Western culture by apparently providing, once and for all, 'scientific evidence' that bisexuality did not exist, at least not in males (Carey, 2005; Rieger, Chivers, & Bailey, 2005).
Inner-community bisexual erasure is an issue particularly felt by
against bisexual erasure. Toward the end, she explains, "I'm
Carter's reveal also sparked a different conversation surrounding
bisexual erasure. Several users tweeted about the issue, which is when bisexuality, in general, is questioned or denied outright - which some argued happens in the LGBTQ community and society as a whole.
This edition builds upon the 2011 edition by actively being more inclusive, addressing some concerns of
bisexual erasure and biphobia, and recognizing recent strides in LGBTQ+ rights, while also acknowledging that the fight is not over.
But I also don't want to hide or be part of
bisexual erasure.
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bisexual erasure." Kenji Yoshino has explored the persistence
Bisexual Erasure (or "but I didn't choose to be gay") D.
In addition, Kenji Yoshino, a rising scholar, will propose his innovative theory of a
bisexual erasure in the academic and public discourse.