Bisexual privilege (if one accepts that it exists, and I'm not sure that I do) is the privilege to seem heterosexual, and therefore access heterosexual privilege.
The only time I've come across the concept bisexual privilege are situations where people imply that bisexuality means being able to chose never to be sexually attracted to someone of the same sex/gender. As though sexual attraction were a choice for bisexual people in a way it's not for exclusively straight or gay people.
Also, because heterosexuality in the norm, it's the privilege. Everything else is not-privilege, even if a person's intersecting (non)privileges and personal history mean that they are or are not able to access that privilege in the same way as someone else.
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Date: 2009-04-08 09:47 am (UTC)The only time I've come across the concept bisexual privilege are situations where people imply that bisexuality means being able to chose never to be sexually attracted to someone of the same sex/gender. As though sexual attraction were a choice for bisexual people in a way it's not for exclusively straight or gay people.
Also, because heterosexuality in the norm, it's the privilege. Everything else is not-privilege, even if a person's intersecting (non)privileges and personal history mean that they are or are not able to access that privilege in the same way as someone else.