Bisexuality in Psychoanalytic Theory .

The concept of bisexuality first appeared Stekel (1922/1946) believed that

in psychoanalytic theory as a way of bisexuality is normative during childhood
explaining the development of and that adult sexual orientation results
homosexuality in terms of evolutionary from repression that occurs during the
theory (Ellis 1905/1942; Freud developmental process:
1905/1960; Krafft-Ebing, 1886/1965;
It states that all persons are bisexual in
Weininger 1903/1908). Psychoanalytic
their predisposition. No one is exempted
theorists believed that the human
in this rule. Usually a normal person
species evolved from a primitive
show a distinct bisexual period until
hermaphroditic state to the gender-
puberty. The heterosexual then
differentiated physical form of today,
suppress his homosexuality. If the
and that individual physiological and
heterosexual is suppressed,
psychological development parallels this
homosexuality comes to the
evolutionary process (Ritvo 1990;
forefront.
Sulloway, 1979). Like his
contemporaries; Freud (1925/1963) Havelock Ellis (1905/1942) saw
found the theory of bisexuality helpful in bisexuals as a distinct category of
accounting for homosexuality, which he individuals who are attracted to the
saw as an indication of arrested persons of both genders, and he
psychosexual development. At the same concluded that "there would thus seem
time, he believed that everyone has to be a grouping of all sexual identities it
some homosexual feelings. is grouped into three divisions: the
heterosexual, the bisexual, and the
The most important of these
homosexual Freud (1937/1963) later
perversions, homosexuality can be
also used the term bisexual to describe
traced back to the constitutional
persons with both homosexual and
bisexuality of all human beings.
heterosexual attractions and behavior.
Psychoanalysis will allow us to identify
some trace in every homosexual object- It is very well known here in the
choice in everyone Philippines that at all times there have
been, as there still are, human beings This states that bisexuals are using the
who can take their sexual objects term "bisexual" so that they can be
persons of both sexes without them called "bisexual" not "gay" Bergler
interfering with each other. And these believes that bisexual must not be the
people are called Bisexual people and term because this is being used as an
we should accept the fact that they exist excuse by some people to avoid
and we should respect them as human discrimination. Bergler believes that
beings. We should not use their state as there are only two categories: The
a tool for us to bully them. Because all homosexual and the heterosexual.
of us knows that every individual here is Because bisexuality has existed as a
equal in the eyes of the creator. concept and descriptive term in the
psychological literature since the
Others viewed sexual orientation in
process of psychosexual development
strictly dichotomous terms and rejected
was first conceptualized. For example,
the term bisexual as a descriptive
bisexuality has been used as a
category referring to individuals with
theoretical construct to explain aspects
both homosexual and heterosexual
of evolutionary theory, psychosexual
attractions or behavior. For example,
development, psychopathology,
Bergler (1956) believed that those who
masculinity and feminity, and
consider themselves bisexual are
homosexuality. Furthermore, evidence
denying a homosexual orientation.
from historical and cross-cultural
Bisexuality - a condition that has no
research clearly indicates that
meaning beyond the word itself is an
bisexuality, defined as sexual attraction
out-and-out fraud. The theory states
toward or sexual behavior with persons
that a man can be optionally or
of both genders, has existed throughout
concomitantly homo and heterosexual.
history in diverse cultures around the
Nobody can dance at two different
world. Bisexual Teenagers in the
weddings simultaneously. These so-
Philippines must be accepted in the
called bisexuals are really homosexuals
society because we Filipinos are friendly
with an occasional heterosexual excuse.
and can give a warm-welcome to
foreigners so why can't we do the same
thing for the bisexual people by living in
the same shoes as them? We should
accept bisexuals and not discriminate.
Bisexuality in media
There is a mental health crisis in the
bisexual community, and though the
issues of mental health and media
representation are analyzed separately
in bisexual literature, they are rarely put
side by side. Media such as television,
film, social, and music often donate to
the perpetuation of gloomy stereotypes
and stigmas about people who are
bisexual. How do these issues donate
to the soaring rates of depression,
anxiety, and suicide among teenagers
or people who are bisexual? What
issues do individuals who are bisexual
encounter when they choose to find
help? This thesis project contributes
bisexual literature by making relation
between media representation
mental health by firstly examining
existing literature on bisexual issues
such as biphobia, bisexual erasure,
media representation, and mental
health, and secondly discussing the
outcome of an online survey
determine how other people who identify
as bisexual feel about media
representation and its connection to the
mental health issue in the bisexual
community. (Jason Mraz 2014) "But I've
had experiences with male, even while I
was dating the female who became my
wife. It was like, 'Wow, does that mean I
am homosexual?' And my wife handed it
over to me. She calls it 'two spirit,'
which is what the Native Americans call
someone who can love both male and
female. I enjoyed that."
It claims that if you are "two spirit" then
that means you are bisexual. He is
attracted to both sexes and there is
nothing wrong with that. Celebrities can
be a huge influence to the youth about
deciding whether they are going to
open-up or not.
(Stewart, 2017) "You're not confused if
you're bisexual, it's not confusing at all.
For me, it's quite the opposite. I mean,
and it's hard to have a conversation about
it," Steward said. "I don't want to seem
overconfident, because all of them has
their own unique experience. The whole
issue of sexuality is so gloomy. I'm just
trying to acknowledge that fluidity, that
to gloominess, which has always been
there. But maybe only now are we
allowed to start talking about it.