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I am sure you are right Brandye; I think there may be a similar phenomenon reported re 'boy on boy activity in male boarding schools'. I think you are right about the long term friendships between girls. I am straight but think that the few male homosexuals I know are very very kind people. Maybe many of us straight men are just out-and-out bounders???? (that should get the Forum going this New Year's Day!!!!)(Happy New Year to all by the way)

Originally Posted by Brandye

You may or may not be correct. We have had several bi-curious, teenaged women. Some went one way, some the other, some tried both and some just did not come back. I am likely the most outspokenly bi-active woman on the Board. I am also older than your mother, most likely, and never married.

On to your question: Many women live with bi-sexual curiousity for much of their lives. This is, of course, discouraged to the point of repression in most cases. There are old sociological studies reporting a very high incidence of girl on girl activity in women's boarding schools. More recently, there has been work done among married women reporting almost a third have had at least one encounter with another woman. When a marriage gets stale, what is safer than a girlfriend? Can't get pregnant, usually long time friends, going on trips or frequent evening activities never raise a question.

To the extent you are correct, it could well be long term bi-curiousity finally coming out - after the kids are out of the way and a discovery that we have not been turned on, really turned on, for years.