Kinsey Scale
 

Did we ever do this??? I seem to remember somebody saying they were going to start this thread, but I never saw it.

Anywhooo... Where do you fall on the the Kinsey Scale?

This scale was developed by Dr. Alfred Kinsey and his associates in the late '40s and early '50s. These results were supported in studies conducted by Masters and Johnson and other sex researchers, though some more recent studies have reported lower rates nationally, with higher rates in urban areas. These studies collectively indicate there is a broad spectrum of sexual orientations - not just heterosexual and homosexual. Instead of looking a sexual orientation as an either-or condition, Kinsey developed a seven point continuum based on the degree of sexual responsiveness people have to the members of the same and other sex.

0 - exclusively heterosexual

1 - predominantly heterosexual, incidentally homoexual

2 - predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual

3 - equally heterosexual and homosexual

4 - predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual

5 - predominantly homosexual, incidentally heterosexual

6 - exclusively homosexual



It is necessary to consider a variety of activities in assessing an individual's ranking on the continuum:

· fantasies · dreams · thoughts

· frequency of sexual activities · emotional feelings

Therefore, many "heterosexuals" would fall, in fact, somewhere between 0 and 3 because they occasionally think/dream/fantasize about sexual activities with members of the same gender and/or occasionally act on these feelings.



Kinsey's researchers found that over a three-year period:

4 - 6% of men were rated as "6"

10 % of men were rated 4, 5, or 6

18% of men were rated as 3, 4, 5, or 6

37% of all men experienced orgasm in a sexual activity with another man at some time in their life.

60% of all men had some type of homosexual relationship before they were age 16.

30% of all men had some type of homosexual relationship between age 20 - 24.

Ranks for women were about one-half that of men (exact percentages were not provided by Kinsey). Keep in mind, this research was conducted as a time of lower sexual activity for women than recent surveys have indicated.

Research was conducted primarily with white college educated, volunteer subjects and with prisoners. This research did not clearly parcel out behaviors which did not persit from adolesence into adult life.

I am a 6 :blob2: :blob2: :blob2:

Depending on the day I guess I'm either a 2 or a four :shrug:

Um.. I was going to say the same thing. Maybe seen over time a bit more a two though.

Have you folks seen "Kinsey" the movie? I really liked it... It's structured just like Kinsey's sex interview, in an attempt to disarm the viewer. One minute, you're watching a nice romantic, or even funny scene, then a jump cut happens and someone is full-face on the screen asking, "How do you feel about cunnilingus???" :laugh:

By the way, on this scale I think I would be a 7 ... maybe 8. :D

I watched the GLAAD Media Awards last night on LOGO. They were all up about this movie. Haven't seen it, though. Has it been released on DVD yet?

What exactly would be the definition of a 7 and an 8?? :laugh:

I rented Kinsey -then never watched it - I don't know why I rented it - I was moving and didn't have the time to watch it - I guess I rented in the hopes that I would have time :D

1.5?

I mostly like men, but ya know... every once in awhile a chick will strike my fancy.

Yeah, it's on DVD now. My library even got a copy, to my utter shock. I guess they hadn't heard about the scene discussing the size of Mr. Kinsey's schlong. (I won't spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it.)

And:

7 - exclusively homosexual, experiences nausea at the thought of heterosexual sex

8 - exclusively homosexual, faints at the thought of heterosexual sex

(no offense, ladies... :xoxo: )

No offense taken in fact - what you described above is how I was feeling at the end of my last relationship :laugh:

It's worth another 5 bucks. :nod:

Is that the guy who plays Kinsey's assistant? If so ... YEAH!!! :laugh:

Definitely a big fat 6!

Well, these days I'd be a 6.

14 years ago...in high school, and for a year or so afterwards, I would have fallen somewhere around a 4.

About three years ago, this girl I worked with...Olivia...we were at a party, and she beckons me to join her in the hallway. So I did, thinking she had something to tell me. Once I was in the hallway, she shoved me into another room, closed the door, and pushed me up against it, and before I knew what was happening, her tongue was in my mouth. Blech. Anyhow, I was trying to push her off of me, and she just said, "Come on honey, give me some sugar..." :shocked: I was mortified! I did manage to get away after a moment, but needless to say, the experience was most unpleasant. I worked with this girl for a year prior to this, and she had never exhibited any interest in me.....so I guess she had some sort of pent up tension she needed to release. :laugh:

The next day at work, she was not the least bit embarassed.....she seemed quite proud of herself. I, on the other hand, avoided her for a few days......until I was sure she wasn't going to jump me in the breakroom.

That's what I was going to say, too. :)

I'm a 1, but used to be a 2. ha!

tsk tsk...you tease. :laugh:

Hey Neal!

Speaking of 6's - are you excited about the Andy Bell solo album? My friend Larry is absolutely beside himself. I don't think he can wait another 2 months. He may explode before then ... *BOOM*.

Ok..so...sometimes still a 2, against my better judgement!

Climb on up that hill, Little Engine.

"I know you can. I know you can."

( :laugh: I know - lame - but I *will* make it to 1,000 posts today if it kills me!)

Then I guess I'm a 7 then..... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I'm totally excited! Commercial-flop factor aside, I know it's gonna be great! :woohoo:

(I'm currently trying to find a decent pic of him to post in the Hotties thread... :cool: )

I am a 5 :blob1: :blob2:

And of course, now that I think about it, this post:

Should have been:

I really don't like it!!!!
There's nothing I can dOOOOooooOOOOooo...

Anything in assless chaps and Ruby Slippers will do... :wavey:

Hey - good luck with that - I'm still bitter about losing some 1,000 posts recently during the chit-chat clean-up :mad:

HAHA...too funny.

That's what I am too! :wavey:

I'd prefer to refer to your dalliance with the number 2 as "moments of clarity"... ;) :laugh: :laugh:

I must concur here. So much easier, dude. So much less grief ! :nod:

I am a 7, I am thinking. Even though I have an occasional crush on a woman, I could never follow through. The reality makes me shudder.

I'm a 5. :o

Love Minus Zero. :laugh:

Yeah, Paula knocked you down from a six...... :laugh: :laugh:

two-ish?

i've only been in serious relationships with men, but because of the other not-so-serious relationships and my complete willingness to divebomb stevie nicks (or jennifer tilly) i'm going to have to go two. ish.

:laugh: :laugh:
Yeah, exactly. I'm a one, and that one incidental is Stevie. :D

Mariel, you are hilarious.

By the by, what did you do with those 200 issues of that Vegas magazine with Stevie on the cover? Wallpaper your bedroom, perchance???? :laugh: :laugh:

or toilet paper :cool: :eek: :laugh:


couldn't resist