I agree with this, I also view myself as being bi by choice. It might be hard for gay people to understand because of their own struggles with their sexuality, and the process they have to go thought 'coming out' and all. (Mind you, you should have seen my posts on the topic already, so I'm going to shut up now )
I see the whole sexuality thing as a gene thing But I'm not sure!!! You can't blame it on environment where's the proof? All the guy people I know have come from a wide range of backgrounds. Maybe genetics cause I had a late gay uncle, but one of my close friends has an identical twin sister who is lesbian... My friends is str8. I don't think it's choice, why would I make my own life a living hell?
What makes you think that being bi or gay is a living hell? I like both but prefer girls (well, one girl so far). So far the boys has been purely a physical thing, but with my g/f its emotionals also. If I had to choose, could only be intimate with one sex, I would choose to be with girls, so I guess that would make me gay. But that would be my CHOICE!
I've just had a lot of shit from people just cause I'm gay... okay I was being a drama queen when I said living hell, but you know what I mean. Me being gay is another 'excuse' for people to treat me like shit, hurt me and abuse me, BUT saying that If I wasn't gay I wouldn't have met Michael
On the Kinsey scale I guess I would put myself at about a 2 or a 2.5 - definately a straight leaning bi approximately 65-70%. The problem with being bi is the predominance of biphobia in the world. The rest of the queer community hates you for trying blend in with straight crowd, and the straights hate you because you're open enough to have sex with your same gender. Where it's true that there are some very gay leaning bisexuals in the 5-5.75 range on the Kinsey scale - think Sir Elton John - I think the very out bi's of the world are much more moderate in their preferences. The choice for me is will I or won't I act on my attraction - physical or otherwise - to a person.
The Kinsey scale was developed back in the 60's or 70's to determine a person's sexuality. It goes from 0 to 6. 0 is tragically straight, 3 is perfectly bisexual - equal attraction to either gender - and 6 is completely gay. Think Liberace. When you hear me talk about a gay leaning bi or a straight leaning bi, I try to put a Kinsey scale with it.
I think I would be a 1 or maybe 1.5 -- I am very straight but not completely opposed to having sex with my own sex. It doesn't disgust me. And I can admit to looking at bi porn a couple of times and finding it erotic ... as well as some gay porn. I just really prefer the opposite sex like 10 times more.... but I haven't ruled out getting freaky with a guy.
I'd say I'm pretty much 100% gay. But camp and gay are different; I'm certainly no Liberace. But I've never been in any doubt over my sexuality really. I've never thought about women in a sexual context, and while I'm open to the possibility, there's not much about women that I find attractive. Tits are a nuisance, muff looks like weird seafood, and their skin is weird. Fun fact: Liberace got his lover to have plastic surgery so he'd look more like him.
I'm prolly 5.75 and like SelfControl there isn't that much I find attractive with the nude female body. There are some I find pretty (Katie Holms for one) but they don't do anything for me in a sexual way.
For me, it's solely appreciation, I can imagine that a woman could be attractive. i suspect there are heterosexual males so enthralled with their own bravado that they can't do the same with a guy, but meh, it's their loss. So I'd say I'm one tick shy of a 6.
On a Kinsey scale 0-6, I'd have to say I'm probably 2 or 2.5 I do find women to be more attractive overall, but in the end, it's what is inside the person that counts and that's what I tend to focus on.