Kinsey Scale
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In college I actually read the Kinsey report on Male Sexuality.
I got bored one day and copied what was written about the scale. I have it saved in an email and here it is.
I copied this verbatim from the study.
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0.Individuals are rated as 0's if they make no physical contacts which
result in erotic arousal or orgasm, and make no psychic responses to
individuals of their own sex. Their socio-sexual contacts and
responses are exclusively with indivduals of the opposite sex.
1.Individuals are rated as 1's if they have only had incidental
homosexual contacts which have involved physical or psychic response,
or incidental psychic responses without physical contact. The great
preponderance of their socio-sexual experience and reactions is
directed toward inviduals of the opposite sex. Such homosexual
experiences as these individuals have may occur only a single time or
two, or at least infrequently in comparrison to the amount of their
heterosexual experience. Their homosexual experiences never involve as
specific phychic reactions as they make to heterosexual stimuli.
Sometimes the homosexual activities in which they engage may be
inspired by curiosity, or may be more or less forced upon them by
other indivduals, perhaps when they are asleep or when they are drunk,
or under some other peculiar circumstance.
2. Individuals are rated as 2's if they have more t han incidental
homosexual experience, and/or if they respond rather definitely to
homosexual stimuli. Their heterosexual experiences and/or reactions
still surpass their homosexual experiences and/or reactions. THese
individuals may only have a small amount of homosexual experience or
they may have a considerable amount of it, but in every case it is
surpassed by the amount of heterosexual experience that they have
within the same period of time. THey usually recognize their quite
specific arousal by homosexual stimuli, but their responses to the
oposite sex are still stronger. A few of these individuals may have
all their overt experience in the homosexual, but their psychic
reactions to persons of the opposite sex indicate that they are still
predominantly heterosexual. This latter situation most often found
among young males who have not ventured to have actual intercourse
with girls, while their orientation is definitely heterosexual. On the
other hand, there are some males who should be rated as 2's because of
their strong reactions to their own sex, even though they have never
had overt relations with them.
3. Individuals who are rated as 3's stand midway on the
heterosexual-homosexual scale. They are about equally homosexual and
heterosexual in their overt experience and/or their psychic reactions.
In general, t hey accept and equally enjoy both types of contacts, and
have no strong preference for one or the other. Some persons are rated
3's, even though theymay have a larger amount of experience of one
sort, because they respond psychically to partners of both sexes, and
it is only a matter of circumstance that brings them into more
frequent contact with one of the sexes. Such a situation is not
unusual among single males, for male contacts are often more available
to them than female contacts. Married males, on the other hand, find
it simpler to secure a sexual outlet through intercourse with their
wives, even though some of them may be as interested in males as they
are females.
4. Individuals are rated as 4's if they have more overt activity and
or psychich reactions in the homosexual, while still maintaining a
fair amount of heterosexual activity and ore responding rather
definitley to heterosexual stimuli.
5. Individuals are rated as 5's if they are almost entirely homosexual
in their overt activities and or reactions. They do have incidental
experience with the opposite sex and sometimes react psychically to
individuals of the opposite sex.
6. Individuals are rated as 6's if they are exclusively homosexual,
both in regard to their overt experience and in regard to their
psychich reactions.
It will be observed that this is a seven-point scale, with 0 and 6 as
the extreme points, and with 3 as the midpoint in the classification.
On opposite sides of the midpoint the following relations hold:
0 is the opposite of 6
1 is the opposite of 5
2 is the opposite of 4
I got bored one day and copied what was written about the scale. I have it saved in an email and here it is.
I copied this verbatim from the study.
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0.Individuals are rated as 0's if they make no physical contacts which
result in erotic arousal or orgasm, and make no psychic responses to
individuals of their own sex. Their socio-sexual contacts and
responses are exclusively with indivduals of the opposite sex.
1.Individuals are rated as 1's if they have only had incidental
homosexual contacts which have involved physical or psychic response,
or incidental psychic responses without physical contact. The great
preponderance of their socio-sexual experience and reactions is
directed toward inviduals of the opposite sex. Such homosexual
experiences as these individuals have may occur only a single time or
two, or at least infrequently in comparrison to the amount of their
heterosexual experience. Their homosexual experiences never involve as
specific phychic reactions as they make to heterosexual stimuli.
Sometimes the homosexual activities in which they engage may be
inspired by curiosity, or may be more or less forced upon them by
other indivduals, perhaps when they are asleep or when they are drunk,
or under some other peculiar circumstance.
2. Individuals are rated as 2's if they have more t han incidental
homosexual experience, and/or if they respond rather definitely to
homosexual stimuli. Their heterosexual experiences and/or reactions
still surpass their homosexual experiences and/or reactions. THese
individuals may only have a small amount of homosexual experience or
they may have a considerable amount of it, but in every case it is
surpassed by the amount of heterosexual experience that they have
within the same period of time. THey usually recognize their quite
specific arousal by homosexual stimuli, but their responses to the
oposite sex are still stronger. A few of these individuals may have
all their overt experience in the homosexual, but their psychic
reactions to persons of the opposite sex indicate that they are still
predominantly heterosexual. This latter situation most often found
among young males who have not ventured to have actual intercourse
with girls, while their orientation is definitely heterosexual. On the
other hand, there are some males who should be rated as 2's because of
their strong reactions to their own sex, even though they have never
had overt relations with them.
3. Individuals who are rated as 3's stand midway on the
heterosexual-homosexual scale. They are about equally homosexual and
heterosexual in their overt experience and/or their psychic reactions.
In general, t hey accept and equally enjoy both types of contacts, and
have no strong preference for one or the other. Some persons are rated
3's, even though theymay have a larger amount of experience of one
sort, because they respond psychically to partners of both sexes, and
it is only a matter of circumstance that brings them into more
frequent contact with one of the sexes. Such a situation is not
unusual among single males, for male contacts are often more available
to them than female contacts. Married males, on the other hand, find
it simpler to secure a sexual outlet through intercourse with their
wives, even though some of them may be as interested in males as they
are females.
4. Individuals are rated as 4's if they have more overt activity and
or psychich reactions in the homosexual, while still maintaining a
fair amount of heterosexual activity and ore responding rather
definitley to heterosexual stimuli.
5. Individuals are rated as 5's if they are almost entirely homosexual
in their overt activities and or reactions. They do have incidental
experience with the opposite sex and sometimes react psychically to
individuals of the opposite sex.
6. Individuals are rated as 6's if they are exclusively homosexual,
both in regard to their overt experience and in regard to their
psychich reactions.
It will be observed that this is a seven-point scale, with 0 and 6 as
the extreme points, and with 3 as the midpoint in the classification.
On opposite sides of the midpoint the following relations hold:
0 is the opposite of 6
1 is the opposite of 5
2 is the opposite of 4
Agreed. But the point I'm [quite obviously] making is that once acted upon, to claim "curious" is disingenuous.
If Nick8 is satisfied with this then i am satisfied with this:biggrin1:
I defy you to name one instance in which you haven't satisfied me.
Alrighty, then. But, while there was a period where I was primarily heterosexual, and a longer one when I was bi-, now I am gay, gay, gay. Which number should I choose? I'm not sure if I'm simply confused or irremediately obtuse.
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Well I don't want to come accross as a jerk, but this is the most preposterous thing I have ever heard.
I have major issues with the kinsey scale, in fact i loathe that people have adopted it. And before anyone asks me why I have the percentage on my profile, I randomly change it when I feel like it just to fuck with it.
I suppose I am too extreme for society in that I like to think in terms of queerness. As in Queer theory, not queer=gay. Why is sexuality so linear to you guys? There are so many facets to it, so many different intersecting direction that I could never ever fit into any scale. Beyond being fluid, and I agree most with beardedwoof above, sexuality is a prime example of intersectionality. Queer theorists roll in their graves at the mention of the kensey scale.
People! Stop pigeon-holing yourselves and each other! I guess this rant is beyond the scope of a blog, but it bothers me to no end to know people think of their sexuality in terms of numbers, and then whether you like to admit it or not, project it on other... So sad...
Speak up queer theorists on here. Am I the only one to think this way?
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I'm completely homosexual. I have nothing against bisexual men. My current partner who I have been with for a decade is bisexual. On this site I have noticed that there are men who put that they are 60% 70% or 80% gay and claim that they are gay or homosexual when they are not and they are bisexual. I'm not sure what 90% gay means but I guess it means that the guy was a complete closet queen and married a woman or was just in denial for decades when he did not want to accept the fact that he's gay. Anyway you can argue with the Kinsey scale that these men are not gay or homosexual at all but they are all bisexual. Guys like this who are really bisexual yet call themselves gay or homosexual are just as bad as the closet cases who are gay and bisexual but call themselves straight when they are anything but that.
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