# Rate Yourself on the Kinsey Scale! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 22, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216 "2001-01-22T04:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Caliban](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@Caliban](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caliban)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/1 "2001-01-22T04:11:48Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=56536) thread got me thinking: how would dopers rate themselves on the Kinsey Scale? 0 - Exclusively heterosexual 1 - Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual 2 - Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual 3 - Equally heterosexual and homosexual 4 - Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual 5 - Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual 6 - Exclusively homosexual I rate myself a 1 (I know I said 2 in the aforementioned thread but I misread the damn scale). ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/2 "2001-01-22T04:57:46Z")
A gay friend of mine, after declaring himself a 6 on the Kinsey scale, turned to me and said, “I think you’re a 0.” (I hope he was actually talking about the Kinsey scale, and not his personal opinion on me.) So I guess it’s official then. 0. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/3 "2001-01-22T05:13:21Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/4 "2001-01-22T05:18:33Z")
What is “incidentally” homosexual? I’m a little confused by that. I guess I would say either 0 or 1, depending what that means. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/5 "2001-01-22T05:19:01Z")
2 - 2 1/2 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/6 "2001-01-22T05:24:09Z")
Four and a half. Damn you, men. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/7 "2001-01-22T05:25:31Z")
0, but if I had any choice I’d be 3. ---
**Author:** ![Elkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Elkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elkman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/8 "2001-01-22T06:12:21Z")
Unquestionably “0” ---
**Author:** ![Caliban](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@Caliban](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caliban)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/9 "2001-01-22T06:29:21Z")
> [@](#): > > **Carina42:** > What is “incidentally” homosexual? I’m a little confused by that. Here’s some more info from the [site](http://allies.tamu.edu/Did%20You%20Know/kinsey.htm) where I got the information on the Kinsey scale: > [@](#): > > Kinsey suggested that it is necessary to consider a variety of activities in assessing an individual’s ranking on the continuum: fantasies, thoughts, dreams, emotional feelings, and frequency of sexual activity. > > Therefore, many “heterosexuals,” in fact, would fall somewhere between numbers 0-3 because they occasionally think/dream/fantasize about sexual activities with members of the same sex and/or occasionally act on these feelings. Here’s how I would interpret the scale: 0 - absolutely no homosexual thoughts/fantasies 1 - occasional homosexual thoughts/fantasies 2 - frequent homosexual thoughts/fantasies, heterosexual preference 3 - equal preference for both sexes 4 - frequent heterosexual thoughts/fantasies, homosexual preference 5 - occasional heterosexual thoughts/fantasies 6 - absolutely no heterosexual thoughts/fantasies In other words, this scale has more to do with feelings than with actual experience. For instance, a closeted gay man could rank a six even though he’s never had sex with another man. –Caliban ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/10 "2001-01-22T06:36:42Z")
I’m thinking I’m about a 1 on the scale. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/11 "2001-01-22T06:52:46Z")
I’d have to say I’m 2 1/2. What can I say, I like men, but women are _awesome_. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/12 "2001-01-22T06:52:50Z")
Boring 0 here. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/13 "2001-01-22T08:13:10Z")
2 1/2 to 3 here. I think it’s safe to say my porch door swings both ways 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/14 "2001-01-22T08:16:39Z")
I think I’m actually a 2 1/2–I didn’t know we could choose halfs–I spent some time considering whether I was a complete 2 or a complete 3. I chose 2 simply because I am currently married (heterosexually) and that was the deciding factor. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/15 "2001-01-22T08:19:28Z")
3 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/16 "2001-01-22T08:52:42Z")
Usually 1 and 1/2. Sometimes 2. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/17 "2001-01-22T11:31:16Z")
1 and a half. ---
**Author:** ![St.Attila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@St.Attila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Attila)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/18 "2001-01-22T11:58:53Z")
0.02, to be anal about it. Actually, since I’m anal about it, 0.03. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/19 "2001-01-22T13:33:00Z")
Well, I guess I’m another boring 0, then. I have never had fantasies or desires to be with another woman. _sigh_ I am soooo straight. Guess I was just born this way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/20 "2001-01-22T13:51:45Z")
1. As beautiful as you women are, i just dont fantasize about you very much at all :). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216.md?page=2)