# Kinsey Scale Revisited/ Are you straight/gay/ bi? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507 "2010-09-12T14:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/1 "2010-09-12T14:36:27Z")
[The Kinsey Scale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale) Rate yourself on the Kinsey Scale as follows Rating Description 0 Exclusively heterosexual 1 Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual 2 Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual 3 Equally heterosexual and homosexual; bisexual. 4 Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual 5 Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual 6 Exclusively homosexual X Asexual, Non-Sexual The poll includes a section for women as well. the poll is anonymous ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/2 "2010-09-12T15:05:22Z")
I have no problem sharing if anyone else wants to. I voted for: 1 Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual I’ve had one homosexual experience to verify my total orientation to myself. It did not arouse me in the least. I have participated in group sex though, interacting only with the female partners, so I suppose that would make me “incidentally homosexual”. Since Kinsey liked stats: Caucasian/other, Male, 30 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/3 "2010-09-12T15:09:41Z")
Heads up: you have two ‘women/exclusively straight’ categories. One was obviously intended to be ‘women/exclusively gay’. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/4 "2010-09-12T15:12:30Z")
I’m not sure whether “men” means that that’s the option for men, or for people who like men. I’m a “man” not a “men”, hence the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/5 "2010-09-12T15:19:52Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Heads up: you have two ‘women/exclusively straight’ categories. > > One was obviously intended to be ‘women/exclusively gay’. > mmm Thanx. I sent in a report to request a correction. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/6 "2010-09-12T15:21:24Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’m not sure whether “men” means that that’s the option for men, or for people who like men. I’m a “man” not a “men”, hence the confusion. That means the option for men. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/7 "2010-09-12T15:26:46Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > Heads up: you have two ‘women/exclusively straight’ categories. > > > > One was obviously intended to be ‘women/exclusively gay’. > > mmm > > Thanx. I sent in a report to request a correction. I think I dood it. **samclem** ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/8 "2010-09-12T15:31:41Z")
I’ve never actually slept with a woman, but I gave myself a four (men/predominantly gay, more than incidentally straight) anyway. I’d have no issues with doing so and find them attractive often enough. If I wasn’t in a relationship and met an attractive woman interested in casual sex I’d probably give it a go. Or, alternately, found one who wanted a threesome. I really don’t know if I could manage a relationship with a woman, though. I’d worry about myself defaulting to a role that wouldn’t appeal and I can’t imagine many women caring to be with someone so…flamboyant. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/9 "2010-09-12T15:34:14Z")
not sure what “incidentally gay” means. A gay incident or two? What if you’re bi-interested but have only had heterosexual sex? What if you had a gay incident but didn’t like it? Are you looking for attitudes and attractions, or experiences? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/10 "2010-09-12T15:39:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > not sure what “incidentally gay” means. A gay incident or two? What if you’re bi-interested but have only had heterosexual sex? What if you had a gay incident but didn’t like it? Are you looking for attitudes and attractions, or experiences? You are the best judge to express your opinion of what you’ve learned about yourself. Pick the category you are most comfortable with. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/11 "2010-09-12T15:41:18Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > > [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > > > Thanx. I sent in a report to request a correction. > > I think I dood it. > > **samclem** Thankyou 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/12 "2010-09-12T15:43:53Z")
Male, incidentally gay, or a 1 on the traditional scale. My adjective for myself is not-straight. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/13 "2010-09-12T15:49:38Z")
Gay male (6 Exclusively homosexual)… I’ve never even seen a naked woman… Ewww 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/14 "2010-09-12T15:53:13Z")
Male, 28, exclusively heterosexual. Not as curious as **Acid Lamp** , apparently. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/15 "2010-09-12T19:11:43Z")
Female, 27, equally bisexual. And before anyone gets all up in arms about me being married to a man, hold on. Yes, I’m married to a man. I do not have sex with woman anymore. However, I also do not have sex with 99.9999999999999999999999999% of men either. If I had married a woman, people would be saying that I’m not bisexual, I’m gay. Monogamy and bisexuality are not mutually exclusive. In my past, I have had sex with both women and men. I am more or less as sexually attracted to men as I am to women. I’m pretty much equally bisexual. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/16 "2010-09-12T19:31:46Z")
I’ve had very few sexual partners in my life at all, and they’ve all been women. So I said “exclusively straight”. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/17 "2010-09-12T20:07:07Z")
I think I’m a 1, but I do find cfnm(clothed females,nude males) scenarios arousing, but for me its always about the power balance, with the woman as a sexual predator and men as a kind of victim ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/18 "2010-09-12T20:20:09Z")
men/predominantly straight,only incidentally gay This was the best option for me though I have never had a gay encounter. I label myself very bi curious but have not been able to do anything about it. I did have one opportunity but things did not work out. If another opportunity presents itself, I’ll definitely be ready. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/19 "2010-09-12T20:21:18Z")
Out of curiosity, how do you define ‘incidentally’ gay? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/20 "2010-09-12T20:30:04Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Out of curiosity, how do you define ‘incidentally’ gay? Have you only had one or two encounters or contemplated a few moments of same sex desire is how I would interpret it. Or, I’m 99% straight, meaning given the right circumstances… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507.md?page=2)