What we talk about has implications, and one thing we really do talk a lot about are celebrities. From what they're wearing to where they're drinking their morning coffee, celebrities become either icons of glamour or visions of Hollywood distress. In some occasions, they're both. We pretend to know them, we polarize their actions, and their position in our society impacts our perceptions, our styles, our attitudes, and yes, our arguments as well.

Of late, bisexuality has been a trending topic in the celebrity world, usually within the question of whether or not a given movie star or singer is bisexual as opposed to being straight, as they were previously assumed to be.

Jessie J came out as bisexual a good 6 years ago, when she stated that she had "dated girls and boys" and that she identified as bisexual. However, in an interview in Tuesday's Mirror, she announced that in fact, the bisexuality was just "a phase" for her and that she wants to marry a man. "I'm not saying that bisexuality is a phase for everybody", she said, "[but] I feel like if I continue my career not speaking on it, I almost feel like more of a liar than if I didn't".

As an artist and public figure, Jessie J has advocated for the rights of the LGBT community for years. This has led people such as author Chloe Govan to accuse her of going 'along with the charade of bisexuality' for fear of losing her deal with Universal, saying that "Jessie might have been with boys in the past – but she is 100 per cent gay".

Naturally, Jessie J found this sort of accusations to be absurd and recurred to Twitter to deny--by all means--that she was gay or bisexual altogether. Do we shame her for her inconsistency, however?

Before responding to this question, we may look at other examples of how female celebrities have dealt with this issue before. Cara Delevingne, an English fashion model, actress and singer best known for walking the Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana and Victoria's Secret runways, is also rumored to be bisexual. The media has linked her with both male and female celebrities such as Harry Styles and Michelle Rodriguez, whom she was spotted kissing on a Mexican beach. However, the actress has not confirmed her own sexuality, instead saying that "people can say what they want but I'm having a good time."

She has, nevertheless, spoken up about LGBT matters, particularly through social media. For a late celebration of National Coming Out Day she posted the picture above on Instagram, saying "don't be scared to be who you are," causing a lot of followers to ask further about her sexuality. Some users, however, defended her lack of a direct response, saying: "Nobody but her knows who she's attracted to and who she isn't."

Another star whose sexuality has been a matter of discussion in the past year has been Miley Cyrus. The singer has been constantly criticized for her sharp changes in style and behaviour since she released Bangerz, her fourth studio album. After her relationship with (and engagement to) Liam Hemsworth ended in September 2013, she engaged in a series of activities and performances that caused her name to constantly be on people's tongues: She made a 5-feet tall bong made out of gifts from her fans, twerked against Robin Thicke at the VMAs, and performed alongside massive mechanical stuffed animals during her tour.

In a way, her participation in so many perceivably "scandalous" deeds has caused people to classify her romantic and sexual ventures with both men and women to be just as scandalous. She has been recently linked to Victoria's Secret model Stella Maxwell, and found kissing both Katy Perry and Cara Delevingne on separate occasions. On the other hand, she has also been seen kissing men, including Ryan Seacrest, Frankie Rayder, Mert Alas, and her latest boyfriend, Patrick Schwarzenegger.

While heterosexual celebrities may engage in this type of behaviour themselves, it is endlessly fascinating to me how often slut shaming and biphobia often fall into the same category in the minds of judgmental people.

This is probably due to the common misconception several of us have that "all bisexual women are promiscuous or prone to promiscuity." Such an idea is so erred that you might as well assume that we're attracted to everyone as well. (Oh wait, some people already do!)

Now, while I understand that Miley has a desire to explore her sexuality–like, I get it, you're young, you want to have fun, there are a lot of gorgeous models around you all the time, etc. etc.–and while I disagree with the slut-shaming that has fallen upon Miley, I also do hold the belief that with great power comes great responsibility (and I'm not just channelling my love for Spider-Man there).

Yes, fame is a type of power: Fame is the power to touch the hearts and minds of the masses. Fame is the power to influence. Fame is the power to inspire. But with fame you can also do harm, and when your actions as a famous person perpetuate certain damaging stereotypes like those on bisexuality, you may be doing more harm than you realize.

Bisexuals already face a lot of hate. Not only do we confront biphobia and bisexual erasure from the heterosexual majority, but we also lie victim to negative attitudes from some of those in the gay and lesbian community, who either dismiss bisexuals as being "indecisive" or "sexually greedy."

So what happens when celebrities engage in scandals? They perpetuate these stereotypes in a much larger way than any one of us common folk could. They make it so that our efforts to counter the stereotype, which is so ingrained into a lot of people's heads, become that much harder to battle. And that's when an underprivileged bisexual minority falls even more defenseless to harassment, verbal and physical abuse, and even sexual abuse.

So here we go back to Jessie J. She had a bisexual "phase." Harmless, right? Well, while it should be, it still isn't in this world.

Any sexuality, really, can be a "phase," because sexuality is fluid (as in, like, it can change). However, those who perform bisexual erasure tend to do so on the basis of, 'Oh, that isn't a really sexuality – you'll eventually make up your mind on which gender you're "Oh, that isn't a really sexuality – you'll eventually make up your mind on which gender you're actually attracted to." The issue is precisely that because people cannot force a bisexual person to "choose" then and there, they dismiss their lack of authority over the person's sexuality through the argument that, like Jessie J, they'll grow out of what they're feeling.

Cara, perhaps, is a potentially bisexual star who doesn't pose much of an issue. She defends LGBT rights and is set on the philosophy that you should be proud of who you are, though she still keeps quiet on what her sexuality is at the moment, preferring to not give it a label. This again, shouldn't be an issue–everybody has a right to explore their sexuality and make up their mind. However, as long as people continue to call her bisexual–even without her permission–their judgments on whatever behaviour she chooses to engage in will fall upon the bisexual community, so hopefully she (and please, Miley, you too) will keep that in mind.

In conclusion: I do not blame any of these three stars for their outlooks on their own sexualities. Each of them, like anybody, has the right to identify as however they please. Jessie J made sure to specify that although she does not identify as bisexual anymore, that is definitely not what it's like for everybody.

However, it is important to be mindful when you're famous. Celebrities' actions do have global consequences, especially in an increasingly global world. If as a celebrity you do identify as bisexual, for now, it may be of increased importance to speak up for other bisexual people that do not have as much privilege as you do, because they face a lot of aggression daily. You have the chance to either make that easier or harder for them.