I tried to do this poll before but it didn't work out cause no one gave me there info. I want to find out if sexuality or gender has an affect on our fear of spiders as in your english household kinda big looking spider, in phil jupitos terms a catagory 2 spider. so please say on a scale of 0-10 your fear, gender and sexuality, bisexual is not a possible catagory as Dr Hamer could not justify it in his research for the anotomy of desire so I won't either. You may email me the the graph or await its publication in the new york times science monthly addition. Thankyou very much!!
2007-01-23 15:31:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
On a scale of 1-10 I am off your scale when it comes to my irrational fear of spiders. (No pansy English house spiders - I'm talking business-minded Australian spiders)
Straight, female
2007-01-23 15:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't even watch insects on tv. I get creepy crawlies and start to twitch feeling them on my arms and legs.
Small spiders, 1/2 the size of my pinky nail make me jump out of the seat and yell "DADDY!" (
Once a preying mantis landed on me while I was in the garden and I flat out fainted in the front lawn.
I am a 32 year old female, married, and IMO, anything with more than 4 legs isn't natural. I'm good with mice, snakes, lizards, and the like..even live lobsters creep me out. I'm feeling a little creeped out now. Thank you. I hope I've helped you.
2007-01-23 15:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow.. that's quite a feat for you..
anyways, i dont think gender has anything to do with arachnophobia.. im not afraid of spiders but i know 3 male friends who are afraid of them.. there's something in the way that spiders look that they do not like.. they cant even take a bath if there's a spider in the bathroom.. and i know lots of women who are likewise afraid.. it doesnt matter how big or small as long as its a spider..
fear is something that comes from the mind.. it depends on our perception of things..
2007-01-23 15:40:26 · answer #3 · answered by mcsteamyandme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am male strait and from 1-10 i am a 5 in fear of spiders
2007-01-23 15:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by G-diddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say I'm around a 2. I was very afraid of spiders as a kid, but as an adult I've come to understand them better and have lost most of the fear.
Female, straight
2007-01-24 05:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by Danaerys 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate spiders. I would say my fear level is probably 7 or 8, if it is a spider bigger than a quarter, let's say. I am a hetero male.
2007-01-23 15:40:50 · answer #6 · answered by broncoguy75048 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If 0 equates to no fear then I am a 0, female, and hetero
2007-01-23 15:36:38 · answer #7 · answered by mtnflower43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0-10, I'm a 9.5 We have brown recluces, black widows and wolf spiders. I'll spay them with something, then I run away, but I can never kill them because I am too scared. They give me panic/anxiety attacks.
straight, female.
2007-01-23 16:28:45 · answer #8 · answered by animespaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm probably about 6-7, say 6.5, although my sister is responsible for this, she taught me as a child to fear all insects and arachnids no matter what they are and I still can't get over it. (Even moths subconsiously freak me out) I'm Male and hetero
2007-01-27 07:39:03 · answer #9 · answered by The Black Dragon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Female, I'm terrified of spiders to the 10th power, but I don't mind snakes, mice, insects, slugs, ...
2007-01-23 16:12:00 · answer #10 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋