Poll: Kinsey scale, where are you?

[MisterM2402]

Not sure what "only incidentally" and "more than incidentally" mean :S Anyone care to explain?

My guess would be somewhere between 1 and 2, but then I couldn't be sure, for aforementioned reason. Maybe even somewhere between 0 and 1. Or maybe just 1. Who knows?

 

[thom_cat_]

Not sure what "only incidentally" and "more than incidentally" mean :S Anyone care to explain?

My guess would be somewhere between 1 and 2, but then I couldn't be sure, for aforementioned reason. Maybe even somewhere between 0 and 1. Or maybe just 1. Who knows?

only incidentally, if you may manage to have feelings but not very often, more on the off chance. "casually homosexual" haha
more than incidentally, if you have feelings but they're more solid.

But really, it's however you interpret the poll, I don't mind

 

[staika]

I would consider myself at the most a 1 but I think I'm a o. I just have never been attracted to guys

 

[loc978]

I know most guys (at least in the US) who claim to be a zero are really either a one or a two... but... I'm a zero. I've got a few friends who are threes (one of whom had a crush on me... it took me awhile to get over the squick feeling, but I did) whom I've had long conversations about this with, and I'm just not attracted to men. I find the male form to be neutral and functional, while a healthy female form is desirable. Go figure.

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm a 3.14159265. Only sexually attracted to irrational numbers. So long and hard to calculate.

But really a 0. Some slight curiosity existed, but would never translate to actual action.

You think that's bad? I'm the square root of negative one. only attracted to i people.

OT: I seriously think the Kinsey Scale is ineffective and rather pointless. I really don't belong on there, sorry.

 

[PureIrony]

1. I'd never say that there isn't an incident where I wouldn't try something, and if there's one thing that the voice of Keith David has taught me, its that a person't sexuality isn't set in stone.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I'm bi, I know that much. As for where I am on the scale.

On the Kinsey Scale, you are a 3 (like me). 3 is the "bisexual" option (both hetero and homosexual). Technically 2 and 4 are bisexual as well, but with leanings towards heter or homosexuality.

The Kinsey scale isn't about being exact - it's about having an approximation.

I mean, you wouldn't say "I'm neither five feet tall, nor six feet tall, therefore I cannot be measured." Scales are never perfect - they're merely tools.

 

[conflictofinterests]

Somewhere between 2 and X. I like guys a little more than I like girls, but girls are definitely appealing. Also, I don't find bodies attractive, so I'm asexual with libido. (As for liking who I do, it's all about personality and intelligence. I'm a sub, so doms turn me on, also intelligence is a big turn on for me too (the better to dominate me with)

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

1. I'd never say that there isn't an incident where I wouldn't try something, and if there's one thing that the voice of Keith David has taught me, its that a person't sexuality isn't set in stone.

I'm confused as to why you (and others in this thread) think that the Kinsey scale assumes your sexuality is set in stone.

Kinsey is the one who pioneered the idea that sexuality changes throughout someone's life. He believed that people would move through different parts of his scale.

Kinsey himself started at 0, and worked his way up through 4 or 5, then moved back down.

The Kinsey scale, like any scale, is only meant to measure where someone is at the moment. You wouldn't say that a bathroom scale is wrong because it said you weighted 150 pounds last week and 145 this week - you'd say "oh, I lost weight". You moved on the scale.

 

[chiggerwood]

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.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I would call myself a 6 just to save time but... if I'm being honest? I may not want to fuck women but I do find them incredibly sexy from time to time. So with that in mind, conceivably there might be some situation where I would actually sleep with a woman, however unlikely.

So I put myself at a 5, at a stretch.

 

[Wintermoot]

I never bothered to think about my sexuality.

 

[Erana]

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.

 

[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.