Blurring boundaries: Bisexual versus lesbian and heterosexual women’s self-assessed creativity

People who self-categorize as bisexual pose a challenge to a sim-plistic notion of linear separability/discreteness, as indicated by beliefs that “bisexuality does not exist. ” The authors thus exam-ined whether by blurring intergroup boundaries that challenge monosexuality, bisexual women would evince higher levels of self-assessed 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 favor-ably while challenging heterosexist and monosexist beliefs. KEYWORDS sexual orientation, bisexuality, psychological essen-tialism, creativity, socioeconomic status Sexual orientation has been and continues to be more essentialize