ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a description of the feminist qualitative methods used to gather information about participants’ schooling experiences as young bisexual women. Reinharz (1992) states, “Feminist researchers combine many methods so as to cast their net as widely as possible in the search for understanding critical issues in women’s lives” (p. 201). Using a variety of methods may increase the researcher’s understanding of the topic. In this project, these methods included focus groups, reflective journal writing and individual interviews. As the area of young bisexual women’s schooling experiences has had minimal investigation, these qualitative methods seemed appropriate, as they provided opportunities for critical thinking and in-depth discussion around bisexuality for both the researcher and participants.
