Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. For queer kids — and Katy Perry — the only lip balm worth noting from was cherry flavored. That year, cherry ChapStick symbolized and sensualized bisexuality in a titillating and revolutionary way, as Perry, "so brave, drink in hand," detailed her fleeting, fruity lip-lock with a girl for a mainstream audience.

Hopefully, a simple look at the lyrics will prove my point. Young women should have the ability to experiment with their desire in a safe and non-condemning environment. It would be nice if Ms.

These so-called flexisexuals say that although they are not gay or even bisexual, they enjoy flirting and kissing girls -- but they still enjoy having sex with men. One female senior at Hofstra University in New York said she is apt to turn to women when she's had too much to drink. The student, who declined to give her name for fear a future employer might Google her sexual escapades, is one of many young women who are more flexible in their attitudes about sex. Experts say they may be influenced by the growing visibility of same-sex couples and more open attitudes about sex in general. Pop culture, itself, seems to celebrate that flexibility in songs like Katie Perry's, "I Kissed a Girl [and I Liked It]," a song that year-old Alisha Garrison said "made girls be more free to do whatever they want.