Blurring Boundaries: Bisexual Versus Lesbian and Heterosexual Women’s Self-Assessed Creativity

People who self-categorize as bisexual pose a challenge to a simplistic notion of linear separability/discreteness, as indicated by beliefs that “bisexuality does not exist.” The authors thus examined whether by blurring intergroup boundaries that challenge monosexuality, bisexual women would evince higher levels of selfassessed creativity. Bisexual women’s self-assessed creativity was higher than lesbian and heterosexual women’s. The latter two groups’ levels were similar (accounting for socioeconomic status). This finding is optimistic to the extent that not fitting easily into group norms might create an opportunity to perceive oneself favorably while challenging heterosexist and monosexist beliefs.