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Kinsey scale?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by theMaverick, Nov 25, 2012.

  1. theMaverick

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    Is this thing legit? I went online to a website and took a little test and it was I was 3 - Equally hetero and homo sexual. Based on how I feel most days, I would say I was like 4 or something. Now i'm confuzzled.
     
  2. Mogget

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    The scale is legit, sexuality does occur on a spectrum, but I wouldn't rely on a test to tell you which you are, you should be able to work that out from self-observation.
     
  3. theMaverick

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    So if I feel like a 4 then I'm a 4?
     
  4. MC Nickayyy xD

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    That one place, you know, by that one thing.
    I need to look up this scale o:
     
  5. Mogget

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    Bingo!
     
  6. theMaverick

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    Well okay then!
     
  7. Alan Lewrie

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    I'm intrigued, do you have a link? There are a few on Google.

    Edit: NM, I believe I found the one. http://vistriai.com/kinseyscaletest/

    Doesn't seem lengthy enough to give a real answer, though it gave me a 3.
     
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  8. theMaverick

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    That is the one I found.
     
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    It gave me a 4. Pretty sure I'm a 5. lol
     
  10. MC Nickayyy xD

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    I got a 3 but really I have no idea xD
     
  11. theMaverick

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    I'm running with the whole "4" thing. Maybe it's trying to dial back the gay. Stupid tests.
     
  12. Mogget

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    Heh. It couldn't analyze me.
     
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    I got a six, sounds about right.
     
  14. I've never been too keen about the Kinsey scale. It's too simple to quantify sexual orientation. It works on the first approximation, but it can't pinpoint anything.
     
  15. MC Nickayyy xD

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    ^I agree with that.
     
  16. I don't want to be hating on the Kinsey scale, though. I just don't like giving sexual orientation numbers. But I agree with Mogget that sexual orientation runs on a continuum. Gender, too, runs on a continuum. In fact, gender is performed, and once a child is born, he or she is socialized into the gender it's to be brought up as. (I loved the Language and Gender course I took over the summer :rolle:slight_smile:
     
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    Six :icon_bigg

    I must be gay!
     
  18. Bree

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    Remember that Dr. Kinsey specifically didn't create a test because he felt it was something that had to be worked out on one's own. None of those tests are legit.
     
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    I got a 4. Seems about right as well.
     
  20. Aquilo

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    Weird questions in that link like 'I would find a threesome with a couple akward specifically because of the presence of the [person of same sex]'.. Reason I would find a threesome awkward is because it'd be a threesome. :/

    Not really a suprise it couldn't analyse me with these kind of questions (or my way of thinking). :icon_bigg