title: The male bisexuality debate revisited: some bisexual men have bisexual arousal patterns.
abstract: Self-identified bisexual men report high sexual arousal to both male and female stimuli, but no study to date has compellingly demonstrated that such men have a bisexual pattern of genital arousal. We examined sexual arousal patterns among bisexual men recruited using stringent criteria designed to exclude those who were less likely to have sexual interest in both sexes. Furthermore, we included a bisexual stimulus depicting a man engaged in sex simultaneously with another man and a woman. On average, the bisexual men showed a bisexual arousal pattern, with respect to both self-reported and genital arousal. Additionally, the bisexual men were more aroused by the bisexual stimulus compared with the homosexual and heterosexual men. Some bisexual-identified men have bisexual genital arousal patterns, although it remains unclear how common they are.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208, USA. rosenthal@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sylva
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safron
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004882:Erotica; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply*; D010991:Plethysmography; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires