Though I've been aware all my life and after fully accepting who I am recently, I'm looking back now and wondering if my being bisexual today is a result of my practicing being completely heterosexual for so long. If I had just accepted my interest in males early, would I just be gay? I ask because some people don't think bisexuality exists. Maybe that's where there's a kinsey scale (which I just learned of)? Part of discovering that I like guys was physically knowing that my body responds to the male body. But again, my body responds to the female body. It has dating back to preteen years - also the years I told myself that I wasn't gay. Was liking females a learned attraction? Thoughts? Experiences.
I'm pretty sure I exist. Maybe not though... I think that one's realization timing is not related to their orientation. Some people realize they are gay early, others late. Same goes for bisexual folks.
You can't force yourself to be attracted to someone. I've convinced (or tried to convince) myself of crushes on guys, but it just doesn't work. You're either attracted to someone or you're not.
I actually don't understand how somebody can be gay or straight still... to me it's just always, "how did you choose?" All throughout growing up, I seriously thought all guys like guys too lol and didn't understand how they couldn't nor could I understand how gay guys couldn't like girls. Still it's a question - are people just choosing? Intellectually, I know that's wrong. But, emotionally, it's too... foreign a concept to me.
Okay, Greendalehumans. You're a lesbian. Does that mean that there's no sexual attraction to guys whatsoever? If you were in a sexual situation with a guy, you wouldn't become aroused?
I believe I wouldn't. I'm only sixteen, though, so I'm not about to go and have sex. With either gender. I don't have romantic attraction to guys, and I don't feel sexual attraction towards them either. I feel both for girls. There are definitely people who are attracted to both genders, but that doesn't mean that you can choose who to like.
No. You would've just been bisexual earlier. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The Kinsey scale is a load of horseshit. No, you can't "learn" attraction.
The kinsey scale is just an attempt to model human sexuality. It's simplistic, but it's not meant to categorise every single person. It's just a model. And let's remember it was first published in (from memory, correct me if i'm wrong) 1948. It takes no account of romantic interest, only sexual experiences.
*google* I like the Klein grid. Definitely seems a lot more accurate when you add multiple dimensions.
