CONCLUSION
The support this data gives to the notion that bisexuality is a distinct sexual identity could influence researchers to separately consider lesbian and bisexual responses in their data sets . This would yield more holistic and useful results by which clinical guidelines would be made . The more informed recommendations could promote certain tests as specific for lesbians and not for bisexual women and vice-versa . These new protocols could begin to address the disparities uncovered in the literature review and qualitative and quantitative analyses .
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