Women are three times more likely to become bisexual than men because they are more flexible in their sexuality, new research has suggested.
While the majority of men are convinced they are either ’100 per cent’ homosexual or heterosexual, women have a much more fluid approach to relationships, based on who they meet, it is claimed.
However US researchers found that women who avoided young motherhood, were physically attractive, or had high levels of education were less likely to explore relationships with same-sex partners because they had more romantic opportunities with the opposite sex. These women were more likely to say they were ’100 per cent heterosexual.’
…Researchers tracked 5,018 women and 4,191 men as they moved from adolescence to young adulthood. On average, they were 16-years-old in the first wave, 22 in the third wave, and 28 in the fourth wave.
She also found that women were three times more likely than men to change their sexual identities between 22 and 28.
The participants, who were not asked about their sexual identities until the third wave, could identify as 100 per cent heterosexual, mostly heterosexual, bisexual, mostly homosexual, and 100 per cent homosexual.
They were also asked at each stage if they had ever experienced same-sex attraction or participated in same-sex sexual activity.
“Women have a greater probability than men of being attracted to both men and women, which gives them greater flexibility in partner choice,” said Dr McClintock.
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