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Resulting negative stereotypes represent bisexuals as confused, undecided, dabblers, insecure, experimenting or " just going through a phase ".

Attractions toward both sexes are considered fashionable as in " bisexual chic " or gender bending.

Relations are dismissed as a substitute for sex with members of the " right " sex or as a more accessible source of sexual gratification.

Situational homosexuality due to sex-segregated environments or groups such as the armed forces, schools, sports teams, religious orders, and prisons is another facet of explaining why someone is allegedly temporarily gay.

Conversely, heterosexuality and opposite-sex relationships are viewed as " caving in to " society ’ s pressures, fostering oppressions, condoning discrimination, keeping up appearances, retaining straight privilege, hiding in the closet, being self-hating or in self-denial, suffering from internalized homophobia, etc.