# 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:** 3
**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, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/41 "2002-07-12T14:10:07Z")
What other dimensions do you guys propose? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/42 "2002-07-12T14:22:15Z")
Crispy and Mangetout are right, this needs another dimension (at least) FTR I am a 1 + 2i, or thereabouts ---
**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:** [July 12, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/43 "2002-07-12T15:01:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*What other dimensions do you guys propose? \*\* some individuals only are interested in same-sex relations in the presence of and with the participation of the opposite sex, i.e. threesomes and moresomes. This scale does not reflect polymorphous perversity. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/44 "2002-07-12T15:12:48Z")
I think one of my favorite quotes from the movie **Hair** is appropriate here (with a few minor adjustments): The guy says (in response to psychiatric questioning), “Well, I wouldn’t kick Mick Jagger outta my bed, but I’m not a homosexual, no…” So my adjustment (as a 1 on the scale) is, “Well, I wouldn’t kick Lauryn Hill outta my bed, but I’m not a homosexual, no…” Or wait–make that “Well, I wouldn’t kick **Homebrew** outta my bed…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/45 "2002-07-12T15:28:32Z")
It’s not a very flexible scale. I guess I even out at a 3. But catch me on two different days and I could be a 0 or a 6… Although I do find I am far more picky about how another woman LOOKS rather than her intellect–switch that for men. I suspect Io shall get married and pretend to be a 1 😉 ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/46 "2002-07-12T15:45:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*“Well, I wouldn’t kick **Homebrew** outta my bed…” 😃 \*\* _blushes_ Right back at ya, babe … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/47 "2002-07-12T16:02:50Z")
2.8 . . . A bi chick who dates more men than women. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/48 "2002-07-12T17:08:03Z")
Two, leaning heavily toward a three. Though to prove a point in class one night I confessed to being a solid three. I’m shocked at the number of 0s… I was always taught that it was an extremely small percentage of the population that fell into the two extremes, and that ones and fives were most common. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/49 "2002-07-12T17:32:00Z")
Well as a 0, I don’t know, I thought the same thing. I thought there was lots of experimentation in higher education. But after 9 years olf college it never occured to me to attempt anything with any of the men I hung around with. But then as a leaning i (that’s eye, as I defined it on page 1) nothing happened either way in those 9 years. I imagine others would find my life extremely boring. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/50 "2002-07-12T19:14:13Z")
0 Strictly hetero without being phobic. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/51 "2002-07-12T19:51:46Z")
I guess a 1. There’s a girl at the Trader Joe’s who I think is really cute. ---
**Author:** ![UWmite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UWmite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UWmite)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/52 "2002-07-12T20:19:46Z")
I’m probably around 2-2.5 theoretically…I say theoretically because even though I definitely dig chicks, I’ve only ever dated 2 people, both men. Since I’ve spent most of my college life with one guy, i’ve sorta eliminated the typical experimenting possibilities. Also, for those of you who feel restricted by Kinsey, maybe try the [Klein scale](http://www.biresource.org/pamphlets/klein_graph.html). There’s also a 2-D scale out there that accounts for people who really aren’t attracted to anybody of any sex, but I can’t seem to remember what it’s called. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/53 "2002-07-12T21:05:08Z")
Between 0 and 1. ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/54 "2002-07-12T21:26:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaptMurdock \* > \*\*…I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body. 🙂 \*\* I have never in my life heard a woman say “I’m a fag trapped in a woman’s body.” Why is this joke so popular with straight guys? If you are truly a lesbian in a man’s body, then you should identify as Transgendered and hie thee to some European country and get the surgery done. Then you can be a lesbian with the proper parts. > [@](#): > > I’m shocked at the number of 0s… I was always taught that it was an extremely small percentage of the population that fell into the two extremes, and that ones and fives were most common. Huh. I, too, am befuddled. ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/55 "2002-07-12T21:31:25Z")
Our sample here is self-selected, first because we all chose to register with the SDMB, and also because we chose to post a reply. There’s no reason to believe that it represents the general population. Also, the distribution is probably skewed so that more 1’s and 2’s are found than any number–after all, the more heterosexual sex an individual has, the more of his/her descendents live on to breed. Whether 0’s should also be common is something I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/56 "2002-07-12T21:45:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*What other dimensions do you guys propose? \*\* I don’t know exactly. I consider myself entirely heterosexual But I find [this](http://www.iespana.es/acidpadawan/obiewanepido.jpg) picture (for example) strangely and strongly attractive, although not in any kind of (conscious)sexual way, in fact not in any way that I can sensibly define. I suppose all I’m saying is that sexuality isn’t a single index. ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/57 "2002-07-12T21:47:52Z")
I guess I’d be a five. I have had relationships with men before, but I couldn’t imagine ever being with a man again, and although I can occasionally look at an attractive man and think ‘oh, he’s nice,’ (like, say, David Beckham), but I can look at an attractive woman and _feel_ ‘ohh, she’s niiiice.’ And I’ve never loved a man like I loved a woman (even though she didn’t love me back, sob sob). ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/58 "2002-07-12T22:02:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Also, the distribution is probably skewed so that more 1’s and 2’s are found than any number–after all, the more heterosexual sex an individual has, the more of his/her descendents live on to breed. Whether 0’s should also be common is something I don’t know. \*\* Only if homosexuality were heritable. [/hijack] ---
**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 12, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/59 "2002-07-12T23:13:10Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* \*\*I have never in my life heard a woman say “I’m a fag trapped in a woman’s body.” Why is this joke so popular with straight guys? If you are truly a lesbian in a man’s body, then you should identify as Transgendered and hie thee to some European country and get the surgery done. Then you can be a lesbian with the proper parts. \ Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, put down the picket sign! :rolleyes: Pardon me for indulging in a bit of (what seemed to me at the time) self-directed humor. It was not meant to derogatory to gays or lesbians. I meant it as a way of saying that I love women and have often compared notes with lesbians on what we both find appealing. One of them has even said (and my wife agrees) that I was probably a lesbian in a former life. [Warren Oates voice] “Liiighten up, Francis!” [/Warren Oates voice] :smack: ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/60 "2002-07-12T23:13:41Z")
Somewhere around a 1. Exactly where depends on my mood at the time and the person in question. Usually a bit less than 1 though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510.md?page=4)