“Bisexuality is simply ‘the coincidence of two heterosexual desires [that of the masculine boy for his mother, that of the feminine boy for his father] within a single psyche.’”
Bisexuality through the lens of the Oedipus complex presents an interesting case of the complexities present within one being. Rather than sticking to the usual definition of the Oediple complex, which claims that a son will develop the desire to replace his father through interest in his mother, this idea introduces the possibility of two desires within one person. A boy can either be masculine and have a desire for his mother, or be feminine and thus have a desire for his father. This is an interesting idea in that bisexuality is classified as a combination of both male and female desires within one psyche. That the word “coincidence” is used to determine the likelihood or combination of these two desires suggests that there is no reason for the expression of bisexuality other than pure chance.
It is interesting to think that all of the possible sexual desires expressed in a person can relate back to the family through the Oedipus complex. Such a claim is exemplified through the quotation: “the rival father is not be either a sexual rival or a parent, but rather to redirect the child’s attention, to suggest that there are other modes of extension into the world.” The complex not only expresses reasons for the expressions of sexual desire, but also provides the person a mode of entering into the bigger world, as opposed to staying in the family.
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