I was doing Kinsey scale test and when I got my results I noticed something. There is this statement: I wouldn't want to die without having experimented sexually with both men and women. If I pick false, I'm 6 (Exclusively homosexual), if I pick true, I get 4 (Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual). And it made me wonder, why is it so? why is that experimenting thing so 'life changing'? I mean, it wouldn't make a straight girl gay by the standarts of society... What do you guys think?
Ya know, I don't know. I've always hated that question. It doesn't even make sense that if you answer 'true' it automatically means that on more than one occasion you want to have sex with the opposite sex. Like why can't it be a one time thing?
I think you should look up a more detailed test. There are tests with 16 questions and with much more.
I found this test online to try and place myself...I think I am a 5, but the test said that I "failed to be placed on the scale." How the hell did that happen?
I had a similar question one time. I took a test associated with the Kinsley Scale and got a 2 but while I don't feel exactly a 3; I feel closer to a 3 than 2. Maybe 2.5? Lol I guess you can just place yourelf in between the categories too... and some people fluctuate. Anyway, I was told by someone that the Kinsey Scale does not have any test associated with it so any test you take doesn't have any real merit. But still, I do think the 0 to 6 categorization is very limiting.
There are a few questions which might point to a contradiction... you could take a test with more questions. some tests include romantic orientation... and a test does not determine your orientation, you do. And it might change a bit over time...
There are a bunch of questions on this test that make no sense in my opinion. I consider myself a kinsey 6, but some of the questions would give me a different number for illogical reasons. For example, I avoid watching lesbian pornography. ....Which is something a lot of lesbians do. Lesbian porn isn't aimed at us, It's aimed at horny straight men, includes unattractive people that can't act worth shit and usually get fucked by men in the end. Wow, sounds so attractive to most lesbians out there. I also have NO clue with what being sexually submissive has to do with the kinsey scale. Considering my friend's exclusively kinsey 0 boyfriend who is repulsed by ever touching another guy is literally the stereotype of 'Submissive bottom bitch' in bed. It's like...seriously? But yes, I agree with you. Just because a lesbian experiments once, shouldn't change anything.
The question the OP brings up makes perfect sense to me. I think if someone is truly attracted to both sexes to a significant enough extent, and considers that attraction an important part of their life, the answer would have to be yes. It doesn't mean they couldn't live a life without ever experiencing one. Very often that happens. But usually it happens with regrets and missed opportunities. Plenty married bi guys who didn't realize it till their 30s or 40s know that dilemma.
It always fails to place me when I've done the test. But I can self identify as somewhere between a 4 and 5 (probably nearer 5) if I go by feelings.