“Bi: the hidden culture, history, and science of bisexuality” by Julia Shaw: Statement by woman in study of bisexuality looks like multiple personality
The author says that all of the 22 women in the study identified as bisexual, but only the one she quotes “echoed my own experience,” as follows:
“I think that the most important thing anyone should understand about bisexual women is that it’s not just bisexual in terms of what you like, it’s also bisexual in terms of who you are. Sometimes I feel like a boy, sometimes I feel like a girl. And I can’t describe it any more than that. Sometimes I feel really macho and sometimes I feel as feminine as Scarlett O’Hara. You know, it just changes from day to day and maybe it’s partly a mood swing can affect it, but honestly, like, I mean sometimes I’ll be dressed in combat fatigues, the next day I’ll be wearing like a mini-dress and high heels” (1, pp. 100-101).
Comment: The above quote appears to describe switching between male and female alternate personalities in classic multiple personality.
Added Apr. 16: I infer that the author is not mentally ill with multiple personality disorder, and only has multiple personality trait, but that she ignores the issue, as most people do.
1. Julia Shaw. Bi: the hidden culture, history, and science of bisexuality. New York, Abrams Press, 2022.
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