Bisexuality in the animal kingdom doesn't limit mating opportunities. In lots of animals, it's not that easy to tell whether a creature is male or female. To try and just be like, you youre kind of hurt, let's try and mate. It's actually pretty good strategy in the wild. And i can imagine in social groups as well. When you think about a lot of animals that live together in big groups, sex can be play and it can be bonding as well. So it's, you know, we use it for lots of different things, and that’s something that we should accept. Animals also do sometimes. I mean, humans do it too
Bisexuality is the largest sexual minority in the world – but according to psychologist Dr Julia Shaw, it’s the least well understood. She talks to Madeleine Finlay about her new book, Bi, which challenges us to think more deeply about who we are and how we love. She discusses the history of trying to define and measure bisexuality, sexual behaviour in the animal kingdom, and how we can improve health outcomes for bi people.. Help support our independent journalism at
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