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Can you figure out your orientation without actual experience?

Discussion in 'Sexual Orientation' started by rachelle91, May 13, 2013.

  1. rachelle91

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    I'm 22 and still a virgin mostly because of my confusion. When I watch porn I can get aroused by pretty much anything except for gay guys for some reason, but i usually watch straight porn/solo/lesbian with the same arousal results.The difference is how I feel when I watch it, if I am watching lesbian porn I usually fantasize that I am one of the girls and I feel really involved in it and overall mentally and physically excited, when I watch straight porn I get the arousal but I feel disconnected from it and don't really like to imagine that I'm the girl . Also when I masturbate I only think about sexual contact with a girl.

    Besides the porn stuff I am attracted to girls and always check them out/ want to be close to them and want to kiss them, my first crush was my best friend in high school, but I'm confused if I like guys or not, most guys don't really effect me that much but sometimes if a guy is good looking or really nice I'll get nervous around them and evaluate them I'll think things like " would he make a good boyfriend" but when I think of them as a potential boyfriend or sexual partner I feel weird almost like I'm a different person and it feels a little wrong/off.

    Sometimes I think of myself as a lesbian but getting nervous around those guys throws
    me off and I start doubting that I can actually be a lesbian and I'll think I must be bi and I feel like I start all over again with questioning myself, and I also doubt myself because I don't have any experience and it's hard to find girls to try things with cause of the area I live in (small southern town.) Is experience the only way to know if I'm actually a lesbian or bi? Just looking for feedback can't really talk about this with anyone I know.
     
  2. Stray

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    I'd say you and I'd be the same number on the kinsey scale. I do find some girls very physically attractive, and been involved with more than one; however, I am emotionally (as well as physically) attracted to guys.

    In my experience, it's that emotional attraction which enables people to fall in love.

    But the kicker is that it feels unnatural for you to imagine yourself with a boyfriend / male sexual partner. If it feels natural for you imagining yourself emotionally and physically involved with a woman, then I'd say you're a lesbian.