Amanda Marcotte, chiding Larry King for his inability to comprehend how a bisexual can be monogamously married, sees a larger problem of bi visibility:
Part of King’s line of inquiry is just old-fashioned sexism, which has long pushed the belief that women are “naturally” monogamous and only interested in their partners, and that only men have to stifle their interest in others in order to maintain a monogamous commitment. But part of it really does point to a long-standing challenge when it comes to bisexual visibility: Your sexuality may exist inside your head, but most people are going to judge your orientation by who you’re partnered with. And so monogamous married people tend to “read” as gay or straight, but some may actually be bisexual. … This is a problem because, as the gay rights movement has shown, visibility helps – a lot. There are many myths that proliferate about bisexuals, including the myth that they are oversexed and can’t be monogamous, a myth that King was pushing with this line of questioning whether he intended to or not. These myths exist in no small part because there aren’t a lot of visible bisexuals to act as a counterpoint.
For much more discussion on bisexuality, check out the popular Dish thread, “What’s A Bisexual Anyway?”
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