# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/61 "2002-07-13T01:32:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by QueenAl \* > **Only if homosexuality were heritable.** Point well-taken. Still, it’s a theory as to why we’re seeing so many zeroes (assuming the self-selection factor isn’t significant). ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/62 "2002-07-13T04:08:45Z")
I’ve never had sex with a woman and I’ve never considered having sex with a woman. I guess you could call that a 6. Bob ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/63 "2002-07-13T04:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaptMurdock \* > **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 didn’t mean to imply that I thought you were being derogatory. I was just curious as to why that particular joke is so popular with straight men. I’ve never heard a woman make the equivalent comment. The rest of my comments were what I think is the logical extension of the joke. ---
**Author:** ![KittyCat444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KittyCat444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittyCat444)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/64 "2002-07-13T04:38:52Z")
I’m probably a 0.75, because I could definitely see myself kissing another woman, but not having sex with her. Incidentally, I lean toward the tall, full-figured, big-boned kind of girl. And I have no real experience in the homosexual realm. ---
**Author:** ![KittyCat444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KittyCat444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittyCat444)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/65 "2002-07-13T04:44:38Z")
I’m probably a 0.75, because I could definitely see myself kissing another woman, but not having sex with her. Incidentally, I lean toward the tall, full-figured, big-boned kind of girl. And I have no real experience in the homosexual realm. ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/66 "2002-07-13T07:29:49Z")
6 ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/67 "2002-07-13T15:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaptMurdock \* > \*\*0. > > 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. 🙂 \*\* So, when are you having your penis inverted? I think **Homebrew** let you off easy, actually. I find that trite and stupid joke very offensive. Please see the discussion in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1861083#post1861083) as I hate repeating myself. Rest assured that while this makes you perhaps more colorful and less boring, it also makes you very offensive. You might get an idea from the linked thread as to how women react to hearing that stupid joke, and maybe learn why you shouldn’t make it. On the OP, I’m either a 5 or an N/A, depending on whether or not you think the Kinsey scale is applicable to transsexuals. On the predominance of zeros: there is at least some evidence that suggests that many people who claim to be 0’s are actually repressed homosexuals. Makes you wonder, eh? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/68 "2002-07-13T18:28:49Z")
In my experience, a 6 is a 0 with his tail in the air. 🙂 Goddess knows I’ve had a few Marines who would swear up and down that they were straight. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/69 "2002-07-13T19:23:23Z")
I’m a 0. I suppose I’ll be the first to admit that it pretty much repulses me. Not in a judgemental or phobic way, just a reaction that I can’t control. It’s like if somebody told you they liked to soak up diarrhea with bread and eat it, you would immediatly find your gag reflex starting to act up. For some reason the thought of gay sex just triggers something. I have no problem with the thought of lesbianism , in fact it seems more natural, I just have trouble concieving of how anybody would be attracted to guys (although that might have something to do with me being among the ugliest guys on the planet, and having to look at myself in the mirror everyday as I step out of the shower 😉 ). ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/70 "2002-07-13T20:15:43Z")
1. I saw a similiar situation mentioned in a previous post. While sending my wife off to see her sister at the airport, 2 guys were in a hot and heavy lip lock. I have absolutely no problem with the choices they made but the sight of them made me physical ill. I had never seen anything like that before or since. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Barrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/71 "2002-07-13T20:25:59Z")
1.3829; ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/72 "2002-07-13T20:35:07Z")
Am I gonna skew the overall results? 😉 Mine’s a 0. ---
**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 13, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/73 "2002-07-13T20:56:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kinsey \* > \*\*Am I gonna skew the overall results? 😉 > Mine’s a 0. \*\* Hey, it’s your scale. Skew as much as you want. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/74 "2002-07-13T21:09:55Z")
Somewhere between 3 and 4, attraction is about equal depending on the person but when I count partners there are slightly more men than women. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/75 "2002-07-13T23:39:51Z")
Well, I myself would be close to a “0,” although I WAS a little attracted to Donald Sutherland one time…would that be a “1”? Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/76 "2002-07-14T01:10:34Z")
6 ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/77 "2002-07-14T01:23:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*… had to get through it by thinking about pro wrestlers. > > I’m a man-lovin man. \*\* 😃 JUST my kinda boy, boy! Most decidely a 6 here (OK, so the “incident” in 1988 with a female might make me a 5.8…) Ain’t the new math fun? ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/78 "2002-07-14T01:29:12Z")
Oh yeah - and for all of you gentlemen who must proclaim your straight-ness at every opportunity, remember the old saying that goes something like, “He who yells ‘cocksucker’ is usually the guy who most recently tasted cock.”😃 ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/79 "2002-07-14T03:23:41Z")
Maybe a 0.5. I like to look at girls, but they are lacking a certain _je ne sais quoi_ as far as me being attracted to them goes. Something that artificial appendages could not replace. I could kiss one without being grossed out, and might actually like it, but when it’s all said and done I’d want to end up with a man. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510/80 "2002-07-14T03:52:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\*Another 0. Although with a little push I could become **i**. Completely sexless. > > If I believed in God I’d make a damn good priest. \*\* And I’d probably make a good nun, if it weren’t for that whole believing in organized religion thing. \ are there any negative numbers on the scale? Like: -1 no homosexual experience or desire, only incidentally heterosexual Because that’d be a lot more accurate for me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-on-the-kinsey-scale/118510.md?page=5)