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This can have to do with the particular times. The late Rock Hudson was reportedly bisexual, and from some reports was more interested in men than women, although for obvious reasons the climate of the time (1960s and 1970s) would have ruined his career if this was known to the public. It would probably been hard enough if he were reported as gay, or "turned" gay (this was a more-or-less open secret with Paul Lynde, but it still wasn't publicly stated he was gay until after he died). As being bisexual is considered by the general public as being "more weird" than being "merely" gay, would probably have destroyed Hudson's career, then. Today, the comic Andy Dick has publicly admitted he's bisexual, and apparently this has not hurt his career, although his career is mostly built around him being crazy. [[Megan Fox]] is also open about being bisexual and really hasn't hurt her at all. But since [[Girl -On -Girl Is Hot]], a woman who admits to bisexuality always look hotter to the average male viewer, unlike a man who does the same. (Then again, Fox has already admitted to blatantly lying to the media to shield off her private life, which appears to be working out just fine thus far.)

See also [[Suddenly Sexuality]]. Contrast [[Depraved Bisexual]] and [[Bi the Way]]. This can also lead to [[Unfortunate Implications]], especially for bisexual men who have a harder time being accepted as bisexual. In [[Real Life]], this phenomenon is occasionally called [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual_erasure:Bisexual erasure|Bisexual Erasure]]. Also contrast [[But Not Too Bi]], which is essentially this trope in reverse - a character who is established as bisexual yet only shows interest in one or the other sex.

* Subverted in ''[[Dodgeball]]'', in which Christine Taylor's character, Kate, won't go out with [[Vince Vaughn]]'s character, and can throw a mean dodgeball - leading to everyone thinking she's a lesbian. At the end, she kisses a girl, who she reveals is her girlfriend. Stephen Root's character then tells Vince that he knew she was a lesbian, to which she replies, "I'm not a lesbian... I'm bisexual!" and [[Last -Minute Hookup|kisses him]]. You could call this a subversion, or say all sorts of things about what this means for [[Bait and Switch Lesbians|her relationship with her girlfriend]] or [[Anything That Moves|her sexual mores in general]], but the entire sequence this was part of is an [[Rule of Funny|intentionally ridiculous]] [[Deus Ex Machina]].

* There is the phenomenon known as [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_erasure:Bi erasure|bi erasure]]: Quite often, people assume a person is a certain orientation based on their current relationship. Two women dating are assumed to be lesbians, two men dating are both gay, and a man and a woman dating are both straight. On a larger scale, there is also the tendency to refer to same-sex marriage as "gay marriage" or the movement at large as the "gay rights" movement even though these both include bisexual people, and trans people too. Bisexual people tend to be ostracised, at times, by both straight and gay communities, ironically accused of faking it by both.