And even though you might prefer something else rather than straight content, always be sure that you will find it in here. That's because the page is packed with the newest porn in the industry. Although bisexual men are known to be less likely to disclose their sexual orientation to others than gay men, the reasons why bisexual men choose or feel unable to disclose have received minimal research attention.No matter your kink or your sexuality, surfing will surely grant you a wonderful time. To examine the reasons behaviorally-bisexual men offer for not disclosing to their friends, family, and female partners, in-depth interviews were conducted with an ethnically-diverse sample of 203 men who had not disclosed their same-sex behavior to their female sexual partners in New York City. Men were recruited from multiple venues and online sources using a targeted sampling approach. Transcripts were thematically analyzed using Atlas.ti software. Men reported a number of specific reasons for nondisclosure, including: 1) anticipation of negative emotional reactions 2) anticipation of negative changes in relationships 3) belief that others held stigmatizing attitudes toward homosexuality 4) prior experience with negative reactions to disclosure 5) wanting to maintain others’ perceptions of him 6) fear that those told would disclose to additional people and 7) fear of rejection due to culture or religion.Ĭontrary to the theory that non-disclosure is due to uncertainty about one’s sexual identity, the reasons offered for non-disclosure revealed that it was largely a method to avoid stigmatizing reactions from others. These findings provide insights into the reasons why many behaviorally-bisexual men choose not to disclose, potential reasons why bisexual and gay men differ in the extent to which they disclose, and potential reasons why some bisexual men report greater emotional distress than gay men. Further, they suggest that greater attention needs to be placed on addressing the stigmatizing contexts that confront bisexual men and providing them with strategies to manage stigma. The disclosure of sexual orientation, and the related issues of openness about one’s sexual identity and the coming-out process, has been a major and enduring focus of research on sexual minority men (e.g., Cass, 1979 D’Augelli, Hershberger, & Pilkington, 1998 Pachankis, 2007 Rosario, Schrimshaw, & Hunter, 2009 Schope, 2002 Troiden, 1989). Although a large body of research has addressed disclosure among gay men, this work has largely excluded bisexual men or treated gay and bisexual men as a single group (see Bostwick & Hequembourg, 2013 for critique). This is highly problematic as research has consistently documented that bisexual men (both self-identified and behaviorally-bisexual) are significantly less likely to disclose their sexual orientation than gay men ( Balsam & Mohr, 2007 Herek, Norton, Allen, & Sims, 2010 Lewis, Derlega, Brown, Rose, & Henson, 2009 Stokes, Vanable, & McKirnan, 1997 Wheeler, Lauby, Liu, Van Sluytman, & Murrill, 2008). Several studies in fact have suggested that the majority of behaviorally-bisexual men do not disclose their sexual orientation to their female partners ( Agyemang, Wallace, & Liebman, 2008 Benoit & Koken, 2012 Kalichman, Roffman, Picciano, & Bolan, 1998 Stokes, McKirnan, Doll, & Burzette, 1996 Weatherburn, Hickson, Reid, Davies, & Crosier, 1998), to their friends and family members ( Kalichman et al., 1998 Schrimshaw, Siegel, Downing, & Parsons, 2013), or to anyone ( Reback & Larkins, 2010 Schrimshaw, Downing, Cohn, & Siegel, 2014). Non-disclosure by behaviorally-bisexual men is also associated with poorer mental health ( Schrimshaw et al., 2013), more internalized homophobia ( Lewis et al., 2009 Schrimshaw et al., 2013), and a greater likelihood of unprotected vaginal sex ( Stokes et al., 1996 Tieu et al., 2012). Despite this considerable body of evidence that behaviorally-bisexual men often choose not to disclose their sexual orientation to others, little research has examined why this is so ( Benoit & Koken, 2012 Malebranche, Arriola, Jenkins, Dauria, & Patel, 2010).
Thus, the current study sought to understand the factors that contribute to non-disclosure among behaviorally-bisexual men.
The majority of theories on the disclosure of sexual orientation (and the larger coming out process) have tended to focus on the benefits of disclosure and openness about one’s sexual orientation (e.g., Cass, 1979 Pachankis, 2007 Rosario, Hunter, Maguen, Gwadz, & Smith, 2001 Troiden, 1989).