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Bisexual chic is a phrase used to describe the public acknowledgment of bisexuality or increased public interest or acceptance of bisexuality. Another usage describes a faddish attention towards bisexuality.〔(US girls embrace gay passion fashion, The Observer, by Richard Luscombe, January 4, 2004 )〕 Bisexual chic is often accompanied by celebrities publicly revealing their bisexuality. ==Origin of term== In the United States, the 1920s was a decade of social experimentation, particularly with sex. This was heavily influenced by the writings of Sigmund Freud, who theorized that people would behave in any manner to satisfy sexual desire. With the well-publicized image that sexual acts were a part of lesbian women and relationships, sexual experimentation was widespread. Large cities that provided a nightlife were immensely popular, and women began to seek out sexual adventure. Bisexuality became chic, particularly in America's first gay neighborhoods.〔Faderman, Lillian (1991). Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America, Penguin Books. pg63-67; ISBN 0-14-017122-3.〕 The phrase itself came into wide usage in the 1970s, on the tail end of the hippie movement, which extolled free love. During the glam rock and disco era, there was a media-generated fascination with bisexuality in the club scene and among musicians such as Elton John, David Bowie and Patti Smith; in fact, in 1980, ''Time'' magazine referred to Bowie's persona Ziggy Stardust as "the orange-haired founder of bisexual chic."〔(Time magazine ), Monday, Aug. 04, 1980〕〔''Bisexuality in the United States: A Social Science Reader'' by Paula Claire Rust, 2000, pg 538〕 At the same time, bisexual groups formed in several large US cities, heralding the birth of the modern bisexual civil rights and liberation movements.〔(A Brief History of the Bisexual Movement )〕 The phrase can be used to imply someone is only pretending to be bisexual because it’s fashionable at the moment.〔(San Francisco's Bisexual Center and the Emergence of a Bisexual Movement ) by Jay P. Paul〕 Alternatively, it can be used to assert that someone is free of taboos, experimental, in touch with both masculine and feminine aspects of themselves, and therefore potentially a better lover or even a better person.〔''Sex in Public: Australian Sexual Cultures'' by Jill Julius. Matthews; 1997, pg 75〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bisexual chic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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