Word: blumstein
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cutting themselves off from half of the population. Others admit to problems. They say that friends of both sexes shy away from them, fearful of being propositioned. Those bisexuals who turn to the homosexual community for support often find themselves shut out there too. Sociologists Philip Blumstein and Pepper Schwartz at the University of Washington in Seattle have made a study of 150 men and women who claim to be bisexuals. Says Blumstein: "Bisexual men are frequently seen as holding themselves up as better than homosexuals. Most homosexual men tend to doubt the truth of the label bisexual. They think...