Bisexuality and Monodissidence Based on an Intersectional Perspective

Abstract

This theoretical essay discusses how bisexuality and monodissidence have been studied primarily but not exclusively by psychology based on an intersectional perspective. It analyzes research in sexual and gender diversity, focusing on bisexuality and monodissidence as sexual orientations and the political tensions that involve academia and social movements. It then discusses the conceptual construction in this field and contemporary debates involving other identities, practices, and expressions such as non-binary, pansexuality, among others. Finally, it proposes considering these expressions of sexuality, which are rarely discussed academically, from an intersectional perspective. It concludes by highlighting the problematizations regarding the ways psychology has been treated bisexuality and monodissidence, which still includes heterocisnormativity and the binary perspectives that permeate and constitute the norm. Thus, we argue that intersectional analyses can challenge these normative mandates.

Keywords:
Bisexuality; Monodissidence; Sexuality; Intersectionality; Psychology