I'm curious about where you all feel that you fall on the Kinsey Scale. I know this is a bisexual forum, but there are a number of different values on the scale that can be considered forms of bisexuality and I'm interested in how you view yourselves. I am a 2, for instance. 0. Exclusively heterosexual 1. Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual 2. Predominantly heterosexual, more than incidentally homosexual 3. Bisexual 4. Predominantly homosexual, more than incidentally heterosexual 5. Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual 6. Exclusiely homosexual
i don't really think Kinsey scale is that appropriate when it comes to sexuality. Kinsey scale accounts for sexual experience. sexual orientation, or sexuality, however, is independent of that experience. that being said, i'm 100% gay. i've always only been attracted to men, and only had experience with men.
You raise a valid point. Kinsey was documenting experience rather than orientation. I do think the scale is useful in describing orientation as well, though. I was certainly bisexual before I ever had sex with another man, so experience shouldn't be the main thing one looks at when considering orientation. You just have to be clear about what is being described, experience or orientation, which I wasn't. I was thinking more along the lines of orientation, though. Basically, where people who see themselves as bisexual, who I assume are the main visitors to a bisexual forum such as this, would put themselves on the scale as far as orientation is concerned. Obviously there are different levels of bisexuality. You can be exclusively heterosexual or homosexual, but by definition you can't be exclusively bisexual. There's a lot of gray area there and I think the Kinsey scale does a decent job of describing it. Basically, 1-5 are all forms of bisexuality. I know some people would argue about 1 and 5, but I maintain that even incidental combinations of heterosexual and homosexual orientations are forms of bisexuality. I also believe that the vast majority of human beings fall within the 1-5 range and are therefore bisexual, whether they realize it or not.
I took it on this site and it said I was emotionally homosexual and physically heterosexual, or some bullshit like that.
i agree with you. sexual experience doesn't necessarily have anything to do with orientation. i was thinking more along the lines of some gay guys who have slept with women, their reasons being feeling socially impelled or being in denial about themselves. on Kinsey scale guys like that would score a degree of bisexuality, whereas in reality they are 100% homosexual. that was my point. and in that sense the Kinsey scale is completely useless. and yes, it is not possible to be exclusively bisexual. and with that the Kinsey scale has its use, it shows a certain measure of bisexuality. we differ in that i don't think most people are bisexual by orientation. i do think however that most people are 'bisexual' by experience. if you get what i mean.
Not so sure i am really comfortable being labeled as one or another...I am one of those strange breeds that doesn't really have a preference when it comes genitalia..I completely fall for the person.. I know what I am looking for and whatever package it comes in is really inconsequential.
I have no sexual experience whatsoever, but I've never felt that is something that's necessary for me to have, in order for me to know my sexual orientation. You know what you're attracted to, (or at least, you should) regardless of if you've had moments of intimacy with another person or not. I consider myself to be heterosexual, as I've never desired a woman on a sexual, or an emotional level. I do think the Kinsey scale is only of real relevance to bisexual people. As any variance in a "straight" or "gay" person's sexuality would automatically make them bisexual to some degree, and therefore not really straight or gay. (Not acting on same-sex desires is not the same as not having any) There are different scales and degrees of bisexuality, but not so for homo or hetero sexuality. I also agree that a gay guy who has slept with women only to try and cover up their homosexuality, or to try and deny it cannot be called bisexual.
The Volleyball scene in Top Gun.. That movie had to come out right when I was 15 didnt it, like at the worst time, think I've still got a permanent scar or two from all the friction burns Not really talking about Cruise, but Val Kilmer....then later on he's in the changeroom with his shirt off and its all steamy like a sauna. Fuck, he was sooo fuckin hot in that movie, unfortunately he went on to be a fat wanker slob but oh well, but in that movie it should be illegal for guys to look like that I suppose if you are a straight guy you could get a little murmur down there watching the F14s wizzing around, but apart from that..... Thats my Kinsey scale, if you can watch that movie and the only time you get wood is when there is a jet engine on screen, then you are definately a 0
