# Sexuality **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491 "2009-09-25T06:16:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/21 "2009-09-25T21:43:34Z")
> [@Cesario](#): > > Where would an exclusively heterosexual pedophile fit into this? Would that be one of the first two options (depending on my gender), or would that go in the “other” category? > [@Ro0sh](#): > > The “other” option was for privacy reasons, but you’ve def. outted yourself in the past on this matter. So it’s your call. I’m sorry, I must be late to this party, but **Cesario** , you have admitted publicly to being a pedophile? I’m not asking with any judgment or malice intended; I’m asking for clarification. This seems a rather bold move for someone on the SDMB to make. Could I have a link to where you did this? I’d like to see some context. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/22 "2009-09-26T02:35:42Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > and this poll amply reflects the Kinsey thesis that human sexuality is a continuum, not a group of boxes. I agree with you quite a bit, just coming up with the poll options it started out easy- and then got harder and harder especially since I only had 10 boxes to work with. I guess for the “curious” people, i just tend to think of them as closer to bisexual, but you’re right in that it’s a continuum. Maybe it could have been 1 is male 10 is female, 5 is bisexual, and you can vote for where you fall under? But then I couldn’t get the gender data in there as well. So it was tricky to try to get both data sets at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/23 "2009-09-26T19:54:19Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > and this poll amply reflects the Kinsey thesis that human sexuality is a continuum, not a group of boxes. Indeed. I’m also intrigued to see such a high percentage of females who self-identify as bisexual (but not homosexual); one wonders if that’s indicative of humanity at large, or merely the clientele of this particular message board. > [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’m sorry, I must be late to this party, but **Cesario** , you have admitted publicly to being a pedophile? I’m not asking with any judgment or malice intended; I’m asking for clarification. [Yes, he has.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11484815#post11484815) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/24 "2009-09-26T20:46:04Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > I’m also intrigued to see such a high percentage of females who self-identify as bisexual (but not homosexual); one wonders if that’s indicative of humanity at large, or merely the clientele of this particular message board. It roughly matches my survey of doper sexuality some years back, which reflected Kinsey’s data for the general population. This reflected the tendency of women as a whole to identify as bisexual at a much higher rate than men did. [http://www.skidmore.edu/~jbeachy/Qadgop.html](http://www.skidmore.edu/~jbeachy/Qadgop.html) > **[Qadgop's Doper Sexuality study](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=161783)** > > OK, I’m an idiot. I promised waaay too much. I was gonna combine 3 threads surveying doper sexuality and pool the data. Guess what? That’s a HELL of a lot of work. And my employer seems to think I should not do such tasks while at work. And the... Hmmmm, Maybe I should try that survey again, now that polling makes tallying the results easier. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/25 "2009-09-27T00:03:20Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I’m surprised that we’re only 2/3 male here I figured it would be higher. So, you’re 2/3 male and 1/3 … ? :\* d&r \*: ---
**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 27, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/26 "2009-09-27T02:42:53Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > This place is a total sausage fest. Oh yeah… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/27 "2009-09-27T05:46:22Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > [Yes, he has.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11484815#post11484815) Man did I miss that memo. Are we going to get an ask the pedophile thread? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/28 "2009-09-27T06:48:15Z")
It would probably be more useful than people bringing it up in the various pedophile threads that seem to be in Great Debates and pretty much wherever he goes. But that’s pretty much up to him if he really wants to submit himself to that sort of a thread. ---
**Author:** ![Aquilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aquilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquilla)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/29 "2009-09-27T16:13:25Z")
stupid, noob question: What’s intersex? Does answering ‘Straight’ imply no interest in kink/fetish? edit: Hm, Cesario, why not choose the name Orsino, then? Or was it taken o.x ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/30 "2009-09-28T21:05:39Z")
Intersex is the term usually for those who don’t really fall into the category of XX or XY. There are very few “true hermaphrodites” as the term used to be (with having both parts) but there are plenty of pseudo-hermaphrodites, or those may be phenotypically one way but raised another way. The recent case of the South African Runner is a notable example of someone who may be intersex- having XY chromosomes but ambiguous genitalia and/or relating perhaps to a gender that their genetics may not designate them as. Basically it’s the “other” option for the first part of the poll: Since I had Males and Females, I felt it only fair to include those who do not consider themselves in those categories as well to have a chance to vote. (And I would have thought there were one or two intersex people on the Dope, oh well). As for Straight- you can certainly have fetishes and be straight or homosexual, I created “none of the above option” mostly for paraphillias and for those simply DO feel that none of the above categories defines their sexuality (Straight, Homosexual, Bisexual, or Asexual)- but mostly all of that’s in the eye of the beholder- so I guess you’ve got to define it for yourself on what you think you fall under in the spectrum of how you define your sexuality. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/31 "2009-09-30T06:25:14Z")
> [@](#): > > I believe it was an attempt at what the kids call ‘humor.’ An asexual person, but not by choice, would be someone who wants to have sex but isn’t having sex. If you want to be a tiny bit humorous. I mean, I know that really an asexual person isn’t someone not having sex, but somebody who has no sexual desires or attractions. But I bet that was the joke. > > Also, the answer ‘Vegas’ was a humorous proposed solution. It was humorous, because it changed the underlying context by intentionally misunderstanding the pronoun where. Sheldon is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/32 "2009-09-30T12:14:57Z")
> [@Cesario](#): > > Where would an exclusively heterosexual pedophile fit into this? Would that be one of the first two options (depending on my gender), or would that go in the “other” category? None of the other choices mentions anything about age of object of desire, so I don’t see what the difficulty is here. From what you’ve posted you’re a straight male. That said, you do have a modifier to that, but it’s sort of like a straight man with a shoe fetish or an elbow fetish, he’s still a heterosexual male - except of course that if you ever \*acted \*on your “fetish” you’d be a loathsome criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Cesario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Cesario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cesario)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/33 "2009-10-01T05:53:33Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’m sorry, I must be late to this party, but **Cesario** , you have admitted publicly to being a pedophile? I’m not asking with any judgment or malice intended; I’m asking for clarification. This seems a rather bold move for someone on the SDMB to make. Could I have a link to where you did this? I’d like to see some context. You can search my post history easily enough. It happened in my first post here, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to find. > [@Lakai](#): > > Man did I miss that memo. > > Are we going to get an ask the pedophile thread? Do you want one? > [@Aquilla](#): > > edit: Hm, Cesario, why not choose the name Orsino, then? Or was it taken o.x Look up the anime Kiddy Grade. Many of the characters were named after characters from Shakespere, nursery rymes, and other sources I’m not familiar with. Cesario was one of the supporting cast on that show who I really liked. And I particularly liked the symbolism inherent in his relationship with his partner Viola. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/34 "2009-10-01T07:00:02Z")
> [@Cesario](#): > > Do you want one? Yes I do. I think a lot of people, including myself, would find it very informative. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/35 "2009-10-01T11:59:48Z")
I already mentioned that I would find it interesting. The problem, of course, is to prevent it turning into a flaming trainwreck. ---
**Author:** ![Cesario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Cesario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cesario)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/36 "2009-10-02T01:07:44Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I already mentioned that I would find it interesting. The problem, of course, is to prevent it turning into a flaming trainwreck. That’s always the problem. Which sub-board do you think it would be most appropriate in? I’m willing to give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/37 "2009-10-02T01:24:16Z")
MPSIMS is the usual place for “ask the…” threads. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/38 "2009-10-02T02:38:51Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > Are we going to get an ask the pedophile thread? > [@Cesario](#): > > Do you want one? > [@Lakai](#): > > MPSIMS is the usual place for “ask the…” threads. The MPSIMS mods and the rest of the staff will be discussing whether or not we would allow a thread on the subject. **Cesario** , DO NOT START ONE UNLESS YOU GET THE OK FROM US. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/39 "2009-10-02T02:58:39Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The MPSIMS mods and the rest of the staff will be discussing whether or not we would allow a thread on the subject. **Cesario** , DO NOT START ONE UNLESS YOU GET THE OK FROM US. Why would it not be ok? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491/40 "2009-10-02T03:21:20Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Why would it not be ok? Tell you what… I don’t want to drag this poor thread any further off course. If you feel answer is that mysterious, please ask in ATMB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality/511491.md?page=3)