According to a newly published study, an increasing number of Spaniards identified as bisexual between 1989 and 2021. Bisexual self-identification is highest among those aged 18 to 24 (16%), remains high between 25 and 34 (9%), and declines from that age onwards. Women in the youngest group are four times more likely than men the same age to identify as what the jargon calls ‘bi.’
The broader picture, which takes in U.S. and European citizens, shows Generation Z—born between the mid-to-late 1990s to the early 2010—becoming the “least heterosexual” in history, in the words of both the report’s authors at the Journal of Sex Research and the Gallup consulting firm. Whereas the researchers attribute the change to “increased tolerance,” both a proactive cultural environment and the collapse of traditional authority could have much more to do with it.
