The Impact of Anti-Bisexual Discrimination and Sexual Subjectivity on Plurisexual Women’s Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study

Monosexism produces pervasive, often invisible forms of discrimination that undermine plurisexual women’s mental health and can disrupt the development of positive sexual self-concepts. To better understand these impacts, this study examined the relationships between antibisexual discrimination, sexual subjectivity, and mental health among a diverse sample of plurisexual women (N = 200). Multiple regression analyses revealed that discrimination from heterosexual individuals significantly predicted anxiety and stress levels among plurisexual women, while higher sexual body esteem was significantly associated with lower depression scores. These relationships offer new insights into the positive feedback loops between body esteem, sexual agency, and comfort in intimate relationships, highlighting the multifaceted nature of sexual subjectivity and its potential in promoting psychological wellbeing.