I looked up the Kinsey scale and picked the number that felt right for me, but I honestly didn't understand the explanations for each level very clearly. Can someone explain it so that I can pick the right number?
And X means asexual. The scale rather irritates me, and it can only really serve a descriptive rather than informative purpose. You don't need a number.
Honestly, it depends on your perception of the numbers, which changes from person to person. The way I view it personally is: 0: Exclusively heterosexual, no exceptions to this rule 1: Primarily heterosexual, but may have some same sex curiosity or exceptions without it being enough to make them bi 2: Bisexual, but prefers the opposite sex more 3: Evenly bisexual, no gender preference 4: Bisexual, but prefers the same sex more 5: Primarily homosexual, but may have some opposite sex curiosity or exceptions without it being enough to make them bi 6: Exclusively homosexual, no exceptions to this rule X: Asexual, no attraction Others may define it differently. Some people think only 3's can be bisexual and 2/4 are different degrees of being gay/straight, some people think only 0/6's are monosexual and everyone else is varying degree of bi, etc. But this is how I see it.
Thanks Fallingdown7 This is exactly what I was looking for. On this scale, I would definitely still be a 4.
If you look up Kinsey's report, he also found that only 10% of people fit 0, and 10% fit 6, at some time in their adult life. That is where the 10% number comes from, is his report.
My Kinsey score jumps around a lot. I got a 3 on my latest take. I remember a few months back it was a 4, and before that a 2.
That's possible, some experience their sexuality as being fluid, while others experience it in a more fixed way. The Kinsey scale is more of a indication. I don't call myself Kinsey 3, I call myself bisexual. :icon_wink
I like your explanation and how you view it.. I would easily be able to go on your definitions and Based on that.. I would be a 4 at the moment.. And I guess that is where sexual fluidity comes into play.. Sometimes I feel more of a 2, sometimes a 3 and other times a 4 so I tend to fluctuate between those three numbers.
It's not that I need it to tell me who I am, it's an easier starting point to explain who I truly am in few words.
It was one of the first extensive sexual research studies done on human sexuality . It was conducted during the 1940's by his , Alfred Kinsey , staff and himself . The scale is a simplistic tool or measure for where a human being falls between 100% heterosexual and 100% homosexual. They're gradations in between ranging from one to six. The Kinsey institute is based at Indiana university at Bloomington and I would imagine they can be a great source of information. I also guess this could have been gleaned through the interdotnet as well....
