Part of that comes from the construction of the Kinsey scale and how bisexual behaviored people are usually claimed by the gay community and then their behaviors are refused to be recognised. (My current example is this this on fanficrants wherein people are jumping on me for pointing out that Oscar Wilde had sex with his wife.)
On the Kinsey scale, 0 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 is exclusively homosexual. Thus, on the scale, bisexual behavior is, quite literally, more than heterosexual and less than homosexual. (The Kinsey scale is a basis of behavior, not identity so I do tend to think in terms of it, in this kind of situation.)
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Date: 2009-03-28 02:24 pm (UTC)On the Kinsey scale, 0 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 is exclusively homosexual. Thus, on the scale, bisexual behavior is, quite literally, more than heterosexual and less than homosexual. (The Kinsey scale is a basis of behavior, not identity so I do tend to think in terms of it, in this kind of situation.)
I hope that makes sense.