Sorry if this sounds stupid. I am very familiar with the Kinsey scale but one thing has always confused me: it's description of each rating. Predominately and incidentally, I know what these words mean except for when it comes to the scale. Example: is a 2 considered straight? A 5 considered gay? Every now and then I like to read up on sexuality. I find it very interesting.
A 2 is bisexual with a guy preference. A 5 is homoflexible. I think it's all up to what you or anyone relates better to lol. It doesn't necessary need an actual label but I guess it can swing in both directions.
I think it has a lot to do how you personally interpret it? I'm sure Kinsey had specific ideas of what each mean. I personally feel that it looks like this when simplified: 1: Straight 100% 2: Straight (might think of the same sex occasionally/rarely) 3: Bisexual( Opposite sex leaning) 4: Bisexual( Same sex leaning) 5: Gay (might think of the same sex occasionally/rarely) 6: Gay 100% I seem to remember that Kinsey thought very few people fell at either extreme and most would be a 2 or 5. But seeing as few people ID as Bisexual that 2 is straight 5 is gay. That's how I see it anyway. I personally view myself as a 5, but I'm still gay and don't ever consider doing anything with a women save a very, very, very rare stray thought.
Thank you! I get it now. I've considered myself a 5 for a few years now but wasn't really sure if that meant bisexual.
Before I knew what the Kinsey scale was I used a scale from 0-100, 0 being completely gay, 100 being completely straight, 50 being pansexual going either way. On that scale I'm about a 20. There are different ways to interpret and intellectualize sexuality. Some argue numbers and words don't really do sexuality justice at all.
Bi since adolescence. Happily married to the first wife but without any sexual attraction to each other for decades. Her reasons are menopause and the aging process resulting in a total loss of interest in sexual activity. Mine are a long term diminishment in attraction to women and a corresponding increase in my attraction to men. I'd now call myself a 6 but being married seems to make that a contradiction so I use 5.
Someone else stated it already but: 0 and 6 = Straight/Gay person that would never touch the other sex, ever 1 and 5= Straight/gay person that has curiosity, exceptions, attractions, or experiments with the other sex, but It's not enough to make them bi 2, 3, and 4 = Bisexual with different gender preferences depending on the number
No, that is 2. 0= fully straight. 1= straight but curious. 2= bi but prefers opposite sex 3=bi, no preference. 4= bi, prefers same sex 5= gay but curious. 6= fully gay.
I'm not 100% sure on what the Kinsey Scale is, but I do know I am an 8.5... Here is a video about the Kinsey Scale by Bria and Chrissy..it is funny but informative https://youtu.be/h5300Ct4e0E
Just to share that Kinsey has been criticized a lot...so his studies remain controversial, like: making polls from prisoners = latent homosexuality etc. Overall now that you're asking: I am 1 probably - def. leaning towards the opposite sex with just minor experience with my own sex, but not really into guys. As others pointed out: the higher the digit, the gayer you are. 7 = 100% homosexual for both genders.
