Poll: Kinsey scale, where are you?

[Cazza]

I wouldn't claim to be 100% heterosexual in the sense that I'm immune to homoromantic thougts and such, but I don't exactly find it appropriate to describe myself as "incidentally homosexual".

0.5, I guess.

I was just thinking of how to word myself. You have said right what I was thinking.

 

[SillyBear]

8.7% of the voters believe they are non-sexual?

Anyone else want to back me up on calling bullshit here?

Anyway, I'd say I'm about a 1 or a 2.

 

[Natasha_LB]

I'm a 5. I have only ever been attracted to other women. I don't believe that it would be impossible for me to be attracted to a man, it's just that I haven't ever met one whom I was even the slightest bit interested in. Also I don't feel I would enjoy the physical side of things anywhere near as much as I do with women.

 

[Guffe]

I'm a 0
I don't have anything against homsexuallity but I am only interested about women.

Same.

Also, I love how after your declaration of your heterosexuality, you had to almost justify it by clearing your name of any potential homophobia due to your heterosexuality.

I'm not saying that against you or anything, so don't take it offensively. It was more of a poke at the state of our culture today.

I tought someone might take it that way ^^
yeah, our culture today basically sais you're one thing and that's it, often want to make it clear from the start, made too many mistakes were people interpret what I've said other than I meant.

 

[Slash Dementia]

0, I've never been attracted to or wanted to be or think of being with another man. Men are just...not something I enjoy. I barely have any guy friends, and it's because I don't really enjoy having them around. I much prefer the friendship of women.

 

[Jonluw]

8.7% of the voters believe they are non-sexual?

Anyone else want to back me up on calling bullshit here?

The escapist - and probably other gaming forums - has a notoriously high percentage of self-proclaimed asexuals.

As I see it, there are three reasons for this.

One: Asexuality might be more prevalent in gamers and internet-dwellers than in the common folk. I base this on the stereotype that these kinds of people tend to have asperger-ish personality traits.

Two: The majority of the community consists of teenagers. These strange and illusive beings' sexualities are in a notoriously plastic state. They are also prone to identifying with what they believe is 'cool' or 'edgy' from a desire to stand out, or at the very least feel special.

Three: People with non-mainstream sexualities are probably more likely to vote in this thread than straight people.

I don't know which of the three holds the greater responsibility for the strangely large percentage of asexuals in this thread and the community in general though.

 

[Zeckt]

Can I just say 4.5? I'm attracted to women, but I find pussy disgusting which I guess pushes me nearer to 5.

 

[Crazy]

I feel attraction to everyone, and I'm more than willing to share my love with them. Whether they say yes is a whole other story.

 

[chiggerwood]

Nonsexual (X), because sex and all that is for people with spare time for actions and thoughts.
And no, it isn't just a low sex drive. And no, it isn't because of some earlier event in my life.
It just is the way I am, like some people are homosexual, or hetero, or pan, etc.

A-yup.

I'm an X. A true X, I have no interest in sex, or romance, or having a relationship other than friendship. Sex and the pursuit of sex to me is just plain boring, silly, inconsequential, and completely unnecessary. People have OBVIOUSLY hit on me and I didn't even notice, porn holds as much excitement to me as looking at tree bark, and there could be an orgy happening right next to me and it wouldn't interest me, well OK I'd ask what the fuck they were doing in my room, and demand they leave before they stain something, but that's about it.

And in case you're wondering. Yes I've been this way throughout my entire life, even through puberty. However I do think a woman's body is more beautiful than a mans. I also question the sanity of anyone gay, straight, or bi who thinks a dick looks attractive. It looks like a deformed flesh colored mushroom with a turkey neck that's had a couple of marbles stuffed in it stapled on. Same thing with the Cooch I just can't find a funny way to describe it.

Asexuals can have relationships without not being asexy. Its just that its hard to find another nonsexual whose just right, so the whole sex part would be a messy complication.

I have no interest in relationships at this point, but I do want kids, I don't want to go it alone, and I am capable of loving another person, so I suppose I could deal with the sex part if it for someone else and having children. I suppose it would be like going to some event you don't like to make someone you care about happy, or something. And I'd probably be doing that in a lot of other situations, anyway; I hate concerts.

Yes I know I was just stating what I was. Maybe I came off as a little terse or snappy. I sometimes do that. Unintentionally of course, but after re-reading what I wrote I think I did sound a bit like prick. Sorry

 

[TheMadJayWoman]

Kinsey scale is a guideline, a starting point for examining sexual preference. It's not law. It was an early attempt to understand the spectrum of sexual orientation. If Kinsey were still alive, I'm sure he would acknowledge that human sexuality is even broader than he originally attempted to analyse. I'm amazed how many people take the scale as an absolute and then get angry that it's too limited.

And just for measure, I'm pleased to call myself a "Kinsey 2." If I'm attracted to the person, I'm attracted to them regardless of their sex/gender. But so far I happen to find men a better fit for me when it comes to a long term, primary relationship.

 

[Natasha_LB]

Three: People with non-mainstream sexualities are probably more likely to vote in this thread than straight people.

I don't know which of the three holds the greater responsibility for the strangely large percentage of asexuals in this thread and the community in general though.

Now that 3rd point is very interesting... I imagine the majority of straight people will have never heard of the kinsey scale, they probably just skipped past this thread when they saw it in the list because they didn't know what it meant (Although I suppose you could argue that the intrigue created by a lack have knowledge might have drawn people in)

This leaves me with a simple question: How many of you here knew what it was before you opened the thread?

 

[Jonluw]

Three: People with non-mainstream sexualities are probably more likely to vote in this thread than straight people.

Now that 3rd point is very interesting... I imagine the majority of straight people will have never heard of the kinsey scale, they probably just skipped past this thread when they saw it in the list because they didn't know what it meant (Although I suppose you could argue that the intrigue created by a lack have knowledge might have drawn people in)

This leaves me with a simple question: How many of you here knew what it was before you opened the thread?

I don't know about the rest of the voters, but I learned about it a few weeks before this thread.

Spoiler: Thank you, smbc

Actually, if the OP reads smbc, I would say it isn't all that unlikely that he got the idea from that strip.

 

[thom_cat_]

Actually, if the OP reads smbc, I would say it isn't all that unlikely that he got the idea from that strip.

Ah well actually that's just an odd coincidence. I do read SMBC but I've been talking with my gf about sexualities a lot because I'm straight and nobody in our friend group apart from me is. She's bordering on being bi, so are most of the rest of them. With most of the other guys being gay. And I'm as straight as straight can get, something she can't wrap her head round.
Searching the history files I've had it floating around my head since june last year.

 

[Henkwich]

If I had to I would label myself as a 0. Why? Well, I can honestly say that I've never felt actual attraction to another man. I can certainly see if they are good-looking to a certain extent, but I never felt the urge to date men or have a relationship with one.

 

[repeating integers]

I have little idea - I've only been attracted to women so far, but as I'm only 16 this could change.

 

[deadish]

Mostly straight, although I do find that some guys "nice".

That said, action will never happen, in fact it kind of creeps me out. Yes, I'm a bit homophobic. I'm OK with gay marriage and all the gay rights stuff. But you know, I don't want to get involved in their "activities" and I prefer you don't tell me about it either.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

Did you you know where you are on the scale is linked directly to the amount of alcohol you had that night.

 

[ABAP]

6. Couldn't imagine having sex with a woman, and don't want to. Not willing to entertain the idea that I might be a tiny bit straight just because of the possibility there might be some woman somewhere on the planet I might be a tiny bit sexually attracted to. Plus, I don't think occasionally thinking girls are cute makes me bi at all. And I resent the implicit idea that not being into members of both sexes means I haven't reached the same level of enlightenment as bisexuals have (or, worse yet, as "pansexuals" have), or whatever.

Just saying because Kinsey scale fans generally insist that people on the extreme ends of the spectrum are super rare, and virtually everyone is at least a little bi. I think that's silly.

 

[spartan231490]

Where's the option for: thinks the kinsey scale is inaccurate? Seriously, Most people I know have had at least one fantasy about killing someone, does that make us all "incidentally" murderers? Of course not.

 

[gazumped]

Ah, the Kinsey Scale. Or the "Which sex are you more picky about in terms of who you'd like to sleep with out of them?" test.

I also question the sanity of anyone gay, straight, or bi who thinks a dick looks attractive. It looks like a deformed flesh colored mushroom with a turkey neck that's had a couple of marbles stuffed in it stapled on. Same thing with the Cooch I just can't find a funny way to describe it.

Yeeeah... I also find the idea of genetalia being visually appealing in any way really really odd (am bi). Interestingly, the only person I've heard call penises attractive (in fact, he used the word 'beautiful') was a mostly straight but bi-curious guy.