sexual violence victimization

A psychology professor at Lehigh University, Nicole Johnson was researching sexual violence victimization when she noticed a trend: bisexual women experience more harm. Drawing on her own experience as a queer woman, Johnson knew better than to dismiss this as random. “Maybe that’s something we should pay attention to,” she said. In a recently published paper, she argues that three factors make bi women more likely to be abused. First, cultural stereotypes portray bisexual women as constantly sexually available, regardless of consent.