# 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:** 3
**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:** [January 22, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/41 "2001-01-22T21:34:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caliban \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > **AHunter3:** > > 0.7412 > > Wow, four significant figures! I wish I knew my own sexuality with such precision. Do you mind if I round that to 1? > > –Caliban \*\* Well, to be honest I’ll still trying to establish how “incidentally” is best interpreted in my personal-experience and personal-preference continuum. I think there was definitely a time when I was contemplating the ways in which I could respond to attentions from guys, even it was pretty shy contemplation. Then there were some incidents, the unpleasantness of which sort of shook me up and caused me to reassess things and I ended up practicing exclusively on the other side after all. The “0.7412” was my snide way of saying that the Kinsey scale itself implies a permanent point on a linear scale which is more precise than I feel about it… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/42 "2001-01-22T22:38:42Z")
1.5 ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/43 "2001-01-22T23:04:21Z")
'Nother boring 0 here. I wonder what the average is for us dopers… ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/44 "2001-01-22T23:23:10Z")
> [@](#): > > **AHunter3:** > The “0.7412” was my snide way of saying that the Kinsey scale itself implies a permanent point on a linear scale which is more precise than I feel about it… I know what you mean. Before I even knew about the Kinsey Scale I thought up my own scale on a basis of 1 through 10, which would capture a wider range of sexual orientations. Kinsey probably didn’t want to give people too much of a choice. At least it beats the usual three point scale: straight, bi, or gay. –Caliban ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/45 "2001-01-23T01:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > **Four and a half.** There’s hope yet . . . 😉 2, myself. Well . . . somewhere between 1.75 and 2.25. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/46 "2001-01-23T01:11:39Z")
2 Mainly cuz of the boobies 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/47 "2001-01-23T01:15:37Z")
1–for the same reason as **Pepperlandgirl**. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/48 "2001-01-23T01:16:09Z")
Was Kinsey gay? I mean hets rate nothing & gays rate it all. Not fair. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/49 "2001-01-23T01:30:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by goboy \* > > …looking at a naked woman is about as erotic for me as looking at a table. > > Hey goboy, I think you’ll like this site. [mmmmmm](http://www.lodgecraft.com/coffee-tables.htm) Aren’t there rules about posting this kind of link?! I mean, there are _antlers_ in one of those pictures. Think of the children! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/50 "2001-01-23T01:38:44Z")
1, for what it’s worth, which is probably less than 1. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/51 "2001-01-23T05:56:20Z")
You can’t get any more three than me, hee hee! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/52 "2001-01-23T06:33:50Z")
Firmly **6** here, although at one time in my life I would’ve rated a **4.5** or **5**. I usually refer to that period as my “when-I-tried-to-convince-myself-that-I-was-straight” phase. But I grew out of it! ---
**Author:** ![Canby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Canby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/53 "2001-01-23T07:29:12Z")
5-ish. To me sleeping with a man is like drinking O’Douls. It can be kinda ok but the real thrill just isn’t there. But just kissing a woman…oh yeah 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/54 "2001-01-23T08:15:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Canby \* > \*\*5-ish. > > To me sleeping with a man is like drinking O’Douls. It can be kinda ok but the real thrill just isn’t there. But just kissing a woman…oh yeah 😃 > \*\* Hum…i’d think you meant more of a two or three by this. 5ish means you’re predominantly homosexual, but have some thoughts about women. ---
**Author:** ![Canby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Canby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/55 "2001-01-23T08:26:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doobieous \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Canby \* > > \*\*5-ish. > > > > To me sleeping with a man is like drinking O’Douls. It can be kinda ok but the real thrill just isn’t there. But just kissing a woman…oh yeah 😃 > > \*\* > > Hum…i’d think you meant more of a two or three by this. 5ish means you’re predominantly homosexual, but have some thoughts about women. \*\* Um…actually 5ish makes me predominantly lesbian. A girl who likes to kiss girls… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/56 "2001-01-23T13:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caliban \* > \*\*…how would dopers rate themselves on the Kinsey Scale? > \*\* Damn. I should have some incredibly witty, smart-ass comment about this thread, but I just can’t think of anything. It’s too early in the morning, I guess. Oh, well. Count me in with the others who said 0. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/57 "2001-01-23T13:50:07Z")
I guess I’m a 2 to 2-1/2. **pepperlandgirl** and **Brynda** have the right idea… [homer voice]mmm…boobies…[/homer voice] ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/58 "2001-01-23T16:31:32Z")
2, but only because I’m married. That keeps up the, um, _interest_. If I wasn’t married, I would be a 5. ::shudder at the prospect of self-disclosure:: ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/59 "2001-01-23T16:51:00Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216/60 "2001-01-23T17:22:05Z")
2.6, but I am a bit more brave around the opposite sex as far as propositions go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-kinsey-scale/51216.md?page=4)