# Where are you on the Kinsey Scale? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510 "2002-07-11T22:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/1 "2002-07-11T22:03:52Z")
[Background on Kinsey Scale](http://www.sbu.ac.uk/stafflag/kinseyscale.html) [0] Exclusively heterosexual with no homosexual experience or desire [1] Predominantly heterosexual, only incidently 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, but incidentally heterosexual [6] Exclusively homosexual, with no heterosexual experience or desire I self-place myself at 4. My ex-wife thinks I’m a 5. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/2 "2002-07-11T22:47:36Z")
What does “incidentally” mean, exactly. (I’ll answer in a bit when I have a little more time.) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/3 "2002-07-11T22:53:42Z")
0, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Haj ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/4 "2002-07-11T22:58:43Z")
1. However, in an attempt to sound a little more colorful and a lot less boring, I consider myself a straight male… …I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/5 "2002-07-11T22:59:45Z")
Well, I’m not romantically interested in other men in the least. But I am a little bit “bi-curious”, in that I might possibly engage in some (non-penetrative) sexual play with a man I found sufficiently appealing, if the opportunity presented. Just for the experience/thrill of it. But I wouldn’t want to cuddle with him afterwards.😉 So put me down as a 1. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/6 "2002-07-11T23:09:39Z")
Give me a “T” Give me a “W” Give me an “O” What’s that spell?.. College. 😉 bella ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/7 "2002-07-11T23:20:21Z")
0.5 (is this splitting hairs?) This is because: 1. I was once (unexpectedly) kissed by a lesbian - she was thanking me for protesting in support of womens’ sports at our U. So that’s sort of an “experience”. 2. If my SO really wanted it, or I really wanted to please him and thought this would do the trick, I’d probably have another woman in bed with us, but I wouldn’t do it just for myself. 3. I have pretended to be “with” girlfriends (e.g. in clubs) to get guys to leave us alone. Is that “incidental”? Lame, I know. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/8 "2002-07-11T23:31:34Z")
Somewhere between 0 and 1, I guess. I’ve thought about other women on occasion, but have never actually done anything. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/9 "2002-07-11T23:37:41Z")
I find certain female movie star/celebrity types very attractive or sexy, but not in a way that provokes sexual arousal, if that makes any sense. More like, “Wow she’s gorgeous! If I looked like that, I could do anything. I could be running the world in fifteen minutes. I wish I looked like her.” Like I can understand what the men are on about…but I haven’t a clue as to how they go from there, physically or emotionally. I find that interesting. Ahem. Strictly out of curiosity about sexuality, I have tried to have lesbian fantasies, but it seems to work only if I’m already aroused by thinking about men, and then the fantasy goes, like, _ahem_ like, we’re, _you_ know, _performing_ for the guy’s benefit. Ahem! ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/10 "2002-07-11T23:49:22Z")
Well, based on everyone else’s replies, I’d say I was pretty much a zero. I’ve had emotional crushes on a couple of women–by which I mean admiring them, including their looks–but I didn’t want to have sex with them. I like looking at women, but really only in the way that a35362 describes. ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/11 "2002-07-11T23:59:59Z")
Another 0 here… which is ironic, as we can just call that the story of my life in 3 words… Impressive, eh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/12 "2002-07-12T00:06:35Z")
Somewhere between 2 and 3, a little bit closer to 2. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/13 "2002-07-12T00:10:51Z")
I’ve been curious about other women, too. But I’m a man, so that still leaves me at 0. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/14 "2002-07-12T00:43:40Z")
7 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/15 "2002-07-12T00:49:34Z")
0… but it’s due to simply not being interested not due to any repulsion to the idea… ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/16 "2002-07-12T00:59:22Z")
I’d go with on the line between 0 and 1. Occasionally curious, but not enough to try anything. So, I suppose if I have to pick a round number, it’s gotta be 1. ---
**Author:** ![furr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@furr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furr)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/17 "2002-07-12T00:59:26Z")
somewhere between a 5 and a 6. ive had both girlfriends and boyfriends in the past. but most of the people i find sexually attractive are women, with a few men thrown in. the person who i am with now and hope to be with for the rest of my life is a guy. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/18 "2002-07-12T01:03:05Z")
**Hastur** : 😃 Me…hmm…5.5, I suppose. There’s the remote possibility that at some time, I may find a particular woman or women attractive, but they’d have to be exceptional in some way (personality, interests, meshiness with my brain). I don’t find random women I meet day by day attractive in that way at all. I’ve met one woman I could have fallen in love with, and know another online, though I’ve never actually spoken to her or seen her in person. In general, though, I’m gay, gay, gay! gaygay ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/19 "2002-07-12T01:33:21Z")
2, maybe 2.5. I’m not going by experience here, though, since I’ve only done ANYTHING with two people, both male. That’s due more to lack of opportunity than lack of attraction. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/20 "2002-07-12T04:16:56Z")
I find 0s and 6s equally inscrutable. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510.md?page=2)