A recent study on “shades of gay”

[Voltaire]

Shades of Gay: Is There a Real Difference Between a Kinsey 5 and a Kinsey 6?

I found this interesting. Like some people I’ve been all over the map. Thoughts? Is this just “splitting hairs?”

 

[BillM]

There is a big difference as number 6 is what they call GOLD STAR as having never been with the other sex at all and not wanting to!!

 

[dickthrobbing]

Shades of Gay: Is There a Real Difference Between a Kinsey 5 and a Kinsey 6?

I found this interesting. Like some people I’ve been all over the map. Thoughts? Is this just “splitting hairs?”

Just splitting hairs, meet, from relationships, sleep with, make love to who ever you find attractive, are comfortable with and don't worry how others judge who you are

 

[halcyondays]

The difference isn't huge but I wouldn't call it splitting hairs. Seven degrees or seventy, Kinsey's spectrum isn't meant to be final. It's a snapshot of an individual at the moment they're assessed.

Real life is much more fluid. I've been all over the map, too.

 

[Acratopotes]

As I have said before, labels need to serve you, not the other way round and one should not obsess over labels. Having said that I don't find the result of that research surprising.

Referring to the Kinsey scale I would broadly suggest that 2,3 and 4 roughly correspond to bisexual in that a person identifying as one of these would be open to the possibility of a romantic/sexual relationship with either sex. For 3 either sex is equally likely. For 2 the opposite sex is more likely but the same sex is still possible, for 4 the same sex is more likely but the opposite sex is still possible.

0 and 1 I would call straight because any sexual/romantic relationship is going to be with the opposite sex. The difference between the two is that 1 would be able to enjoy some incidental fun with the same sex and 0 would not. And likewise at the other end of the scale.