Measuring attitudes regarding bisexuality in lesbian, gay male, and heterosexual populations.

Abstract

Who fills out a "lesbian" questionnaire? The interrelationship of sexual orientation, years out, disclosure of sexual orientation, sexual experience with women, and participation in the lesbian community.

Parenting in Planned Lesbian Families

“…Research on lesbian families is of interest in its own right, and it is important to include studies on lesbian women in mainstream research (Herek, Kimmel, Amaro, & Melton, 1991;More & Rochlen, 1999). However, research in the field of planned lesbian families may also lead to a better understanding of family processes and of the development of children in 'normal' families as well.…”

Social perception of bisexuality

“…Their results were best summarized in two categories: tolerance of bisexuality, and the (dis)belief in the stability of bisexuality as an identity and the (dis)belief in the stability of bisexual people as romantic partners and friends. Mohr and Rochlen (1999) found that while both heterosexual and homosexual samples scored across almost the entire range (1-5) on both their tolerance of and their belief in the stability of bisexuality, both samples' mean scores were above the mid-point.…”

“…For example, Mohr and Rochlen (1999) conducted a study to measure the attitudes towards bisexuality in both heterosexual and homosexual populations. Their results were best summarized in two categories: tolerance of bisexuality, and the (dis)belief in the stability of bisexuality as an identity and the (dis)belief in the stability of bisexual people as romantic partners and friends.…”

The Effects of Empathy on Disparagement Humor

“…Because participants could not select gay or lesbian as separate identities (i.e., the option in the survey was gay/lesbian/ homosexual), these identities could not be separated further. Bisexual and pansexual people were combined because both identities involve attraction to multiple genders, so the groups may experience similar marginalization from heterosexual people and the gay and lesbian community (Mohr & Rochlen, 1999). Covariates were entered first including gender identity, age, and highest level of education.…”