# 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:** 2
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/21 "2010-09-12T20:32:03Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > > [@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… Oooooh. I may need to change my vote. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/22 "2010-09-12T20:53:29Z")
I voted 3. Bisexual, though I think of myself as more or less pansexual. Close enough. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/23 "2010-09-12T20:59:18Z")
Female and boringly exclusively straight. I kissed a girl (once) and didn’t like it. So man-crazy it is painful. Need a cold shower. Seriously. ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/24 "2010-09-12T21:21:49Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > I voted 3. Bisexual, though I think of myself as more or less pansexual. Close enough. Careful, you’re suggesting to me an interest in bestiality. ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/25 "2010-09-12T21:37:18Z")
At the moment, with 74 votes total so far, I’m quite surprised that the number of women with significant gay experience (more than incidental,bisexual to exclusive gay) significantly outnumber the straight only women 15 to 11. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/26 "2010-09-12T21:56:05Z")
> [@Peeta\_Mellark](#): > > 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. Yeah, this is pretty much me (I voted exclusively gay but probably should have gone for gay incidentally straight). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/27 "2010-09-12T22:01:20Z")
Male, 3. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/28 "2010-09-12T22:04:27Z")
I’m a male, incidentally straight, but I identify as “fully gay” just because I think that’s easiest for people to understand. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/29 "2010-09-12T22:23:58Z")
Male, kinsey 6. No interest in sex with women at all. ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/30 "2010-09-12T22:59:02Z")
I was really confused for a minute until I realized I was mistaking you for **Asimovian**. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/31 "2010-09-13T02:37:11Z")
Male, attracted sexually to females only. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/32 "2010-09-13T06:29:04Z")
Gay male, a perfect 6. The only naked women I’ve seen were back in art school (life drawing class). But I do appreciate beautiful women esthetically. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/33 "2010-09-13T08:50:12Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The only naked women I’ve seen were back in art school (life drawing class). But I do appreciate beautiful women esthetically. If you subbed “art school” for college and “life drawing” for sculpture, I could say the same thing, which makes me a 1 🙂 I suppose it’s possible I could meet a woman who might turn my head the same way men do someday, but as of yet I’ve never been sexually attracted to one, not even in a dream. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/34 "2010-09-13T09:03:58Z")
… 0.5? Female. OK, how to explain this… There’s things that, if I do them with a guy, his reaction will be either the civilized version of ripping my clothes off or that other one where he runs away screaming “they’re crazy! the women have gone crazy! maenads! aaaaaaaargh!”. But doing them with other women is fine, physically and emotionally pleasant and doesn’t have to lead any further (and I don’t want it to lead any further). These things aren’t, IME, a standard component of making out, but in a way you could say I’m interested in making out with both genders, interested in moving on only with guys. **Peeta** , sweetheart, one of my male bosses “had more feathers than a San Francisco Pride Parade” and was married to a woman, three daughters. So yeah, there’s women out there who go for flamboyant. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/35 "2010-09-13T14:07:25Z")
I’m still having trouble determining my rating. I’ve never had a sexual, or even sensual, encounter with a man. However, I do like seeing attractive men, and at the beach I enjoy looking at some men’s bodies as much as I enjoy looking at some women’s bodies. I’m not interested in exploring a sexual encounter with a man but my porn viewing includes some interest in the guy, although it’s mostly directed toward the women. So I don’t know if that’s even considered “only incidentally gay”, since there have never actually been (and most likely will never be) any gay encounters. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/36 "2010-09-13T14:19:47Z")
I’m definitely a 1, still. I have never had anything remotely resembling a sexual experience with another woman, but I have been attracted to some women, on occasion, even sexually. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/37 "2010-09-13T15:10:21Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I’m still having trouble determining my rating. I’ve never had a sexual, or even sensual, encounter with a man. However, I do like seeing attractive men, and at the beach I enjoy looking at some men’s bodies as much as I enjoy looking at some women’s bodies. I’m not interested in exploring a sexual encounter with a man but my porn viewing includes some interest in the guy, although it’s mostly directed toward the women. > > So I don’t know if that’s even considered “only incidentally gay”, since there have never actually been (and most likely will never be) any gay encounters. I feel the same way, but as a woman. I can’t imagine being in bed with a woman but I do tend to stare at good-looking women and I like a good pair of boobs. I really like a pretty face on a girl, too. But I don’t want to touch the woman. I think I want to look like those women. I don’t think I’d enjoy lesbian porn, either. Thinking back, I was quite bored - maybe even turned off - by the few lesbian sex scenes in the _Queer as Folk_ series. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/38 "2010-09-13T16:10:08Z")
20-year old male. I’m heterosexual. I’d say that I get grossed out by the idea of guys going at it but according to another thread that might make me gay! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/39 "2010-09-13T16:23:14Z")
Male. Zero. can’t even fathom a decimal place in there. ETA: Not that there’s anything wrong with that … for others. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507/40 "2010-09-13T16:41:34Z")
I put “1”. I don’t find males attractive but I am capable of finding it erotically stimulating to be found attractive by someone else even if the attracted person is not directly attractive to me. It’s been adequately & sufficiently explored and is marked down as “not a good idea for any of the parties involved” but it’s there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-scale-revisited-are-you-straight-gay-bi/553507.md?page=3)