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In short yes.So are you from the school of thought that only 0 on the KInsey scale (Exclusively heterosexual) is properly described as straight? To balance that only 6 would be properly described as gay which leaves all of 1-5 under the label of bisexual? Or do you prefer other labels for the other points on the scale.
I completely agree that a man who has not capacity to be aroused with another man would not bother to do anything sexual with another man, whether because women were not available or otherwise.
But there are definitely a reasonable number of men whose romantic and sexual focus is on women, who will have relationships with women but not men and whose lifestyle is essentially straight, but do possess an ability to be aroused to some extent by other men. The problem, if one is a fan of labels, is what label to give them. To me, bisexual isn't quite right because, for me, it implies someone for whom the attraction to both sexes is sufficient that it would be possible to have a relationship with either. That doesn't mean the likelihood has to be 50:50, but the possibility should be there.
The scale is there to somewhat describe sexual attraction not potential relationship because not every person you're attracted to you want to have a relationship with.
As for the guys you described bisexuality is still a much better fit because being bi does not mean you have to have a relationship with the both sexes it just means you have the potential to be sexually attracted to both.
For example my best friend I've known her for 6 years I am closer with her than most anyone else I know she identifies as pansexual (sometimes she's says bi because people don't understand what pan means. But that neither here nor there.) In all the time I have known her she has only ever dated/had sex guys and is currently dating a guy. The way you would say it she would be straight invalidating that she knows she's pan. I know that she is attracted to women sexually and emotionally it just so happens that she has been dating guys.
If a guy were to say he was only into relationship with women buy she had a sexual attraction to men and on occasion has sex with men they are still bi. Being bi does not mean an equal attraction to both men and women it just means you are attracted to both.