binegativity
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Noun[edit]
binegativity (uncountable)
- Negativity towards bisexual people; biphobia.
- 2010, Todd G Morrison, Ronan Harrington, Daragh T. McDermott, “Bi Now, Gay Later: Implicit and Explicit Binegativity Among Irish University Students”, in Journal of Bisexuality[1], volume 10,2010, number 3:
- Among the most pertinent findings: explicit binegativity was somewhat prevalent within the sample, overall implicit attitudes reflected a bias toward heterosexuals and against bisexuals, men evidenced greater levels of explicit bi-negativity than women and no support was obtained for a model of cognitive consistency, which aims to articulate the various conditions in which implicit and explicit attitudes are intercorrelated.