With him claiming that there are different degree's to homosexuality? or sexuality in general? but, mostly his arguement on homosexuality and that people fall under different varient scales? I am sorry, but, I am 100% gay. As are many, many people - most gay people.
Am I alone?
2007-10-04 07:26:08 · 12 answers · asked by Kyle 4 Ty (Sparkles can watch) 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
he views it more as a behavior. but, right now i am single, and still gay. i am not gay only while having sex. ya know? i don't know.
2007-10-04 07:30:26 · update #1
reyn i like you and love your answers, but i am not a scale and i am sure many people find it to offensive. i do.
2007-10-04 07:37:47 · update #2
hey leon or whatever, i am not just "sexually" attracted to guys. see? thats the problem gays face. sex = gay. hmmmm.....no.
2007-10-04 07:43:05 · update #3
if my testicles were removed , i would have no sexual attraction to men, but, i would still feel connected to guys that i dont feel for women.
2007-10-04 07:43:42 · update #4
I don't equate Kinsey's view as being one of choice, but one of statistics. For example, I'm 5'9", which falls somewhere on a bell curve for height.
But I don't accept the Kinsey model. Not for that reason, but for the reason you speak. I'm gay. Queer as a three dollar bill. A fruit. I don't have a problem with it.
2007-10-04 08:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by Clint 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think that The Kinsey Scale (as well the similar Klein Sexual Orientation Grid) do not claim that there is a choice. Kinsey did not claim that there are varying degrees of homosexuality, but varying degrees of bisexuality.
If bisexuality were to be viewed only as an equal attraction to both sexes, a bisexual person who is â
attracted to the opposite sex & â
attracted to the same sex would feel as if they had to choose between bisexuality and homosexuality.
Both Kinsey & Klein have recognized that many bisexual people do not have equal attractions to both sexes while still recognizing that there remain those who are exclusively attracted to a single sex, and either homosexual or heterosexual. The two ends of The Kinsey Scale are 0 (exclusively heterosexual) and 6 (exclusively homosexual).
I happen to be 100% gay, so I would be a 6 on The Kinsey Scale. I didn't choose to be 6, that just reflects my own sexual orientation.
2007-10-04 16:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you understand the Kinsey scale.
Kinsey pointed out that there is a difference between people who get turned on by someone sexually and a person who can fall in love romantically.
When a guy is in prison and there are only other guys around - some guys do engage in gay sex - they can enjoy the physical experience, but they don't fall in love. Other guys can't stand the idea of gay sex and refuse to have any part of it. Some guys have sex and fall in love with the person they are with. When those guys leave prison some return to a former straight selves and leave behind the experiences there forever. Some continue to have sexual and/ or romantic feelings for men, but also for women.
This demonstrates that a person's sexuality is somewhat changeable dependent upon circumstances, but that the most diehard straight person is going to remain straight no matter what the circumstances.
I consider myself a .25 on the scale. I went through a period of curiosity and gave being a bisexual a try. Those experiences confirmed for me I am straight. But the very fact I was curious and willing to try means I had a least a tiny bit of interest there.
2007-10-04 15:01:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kinsey's theory says nothing about how homosexuality is chosen. Mainly what it states is that human sexual orientation is very diversified and falls under a wide range of attraction towards ones own sex or the opposite.
There is no either/or about human sexual orientation (just straight or gay/lesbian). There's a lot in between. In fact, most people are probably at some level of bisexuality, including many of people out there we outwardly perceive to be straight.
I would not list Kinsey's theory under chosen. Remember, the man was a hard scientist, a zoologist himself. What I read between the lines in Kinsey's theory is that homoerotic behavior (gay/lesbian/bisexual) is actually quite normal in Homo sapiens. There really isn't anything odd about homoerotic behavior/thoughts/attraction whatsoever.
2007-10-04 14:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Can't say that i agree with you dude.
I might have misunderstood the Kinsey concept, but I thought his point was that people fall under some varying degrees regarding sexuality. For example;
some are completely hetero - sexually interested in only members of the OPPOSITE sex.
at the opposite end are those who are completely homo - sexually interested in only members of the SAME sex
Dead on in the middle are those who are truly bi - sexually interested in BOTH sexes equally.
the varying degrees come into actually describing bisexuality. Some like both sexes, but are more drawn to (or enjoy) either the same or opposite a little bit more - i.e. - "I am bisexual, but i prefer men over women"
I am not perfectly informed on ALL of Kinsey's work, nor have I read every word of his "reports", so I may have it completely screwed up.
You ARE right that "gay" people are 100% gay. Um, that is the definition in and of itself. Gay people are sexually attracted to only members of the same sex. If they like the same, but sometimes enjoy the opposite, then they are actually bisexual, with a preference.
2007-10-04 14:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by Lon E 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Lon E is right i have studied this in university. Gay people sit on the far right while straight on the far left with bi people in the middle. People differ in sexual preference and so sit on different points on the scale. For example if i am bi and like girls more then i would sit a bit left of the middle but if i was bi and like guys more i would sit on the right of the middle.
2007-10-04 15:58:53 · answer #6 · answered by rabbit1986 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What's offensive about it? I would be a 2 on the scale. Most of the people I have been attracted to have been men, but I'm still bisexual. It doesn't have to be 50/50.
2007-10-04 14:41:31 · answer #7 · answered by Robin W 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That puts you at one end of the scale.
No, in no way did Alfred Kinsey suggest that homosexuality was chosen behavior -- he correctly identified the spectrum that is homosexuality. I like you am 100% homosexual, however, my partner of nearly 16 years is bisexual (genuinely bisexual) in desire.
There are variations, it isn't a black or white world --- only some of us are one or the other, we must not only accept ourselves and our opposites (whether we are gay or straight) we must also embrace those who are neither.
Kind thoughts,
Reyn
believeinyou24@yahoo.com
2007-10-04 14:33:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its an old and tired argument between orientation and lifestyle. Lifestyle is always a choice, orientation is a given. So you can have a homosexual orientation but choose to live a lifestyle where you get married and have children, that's a choice. We don't chose to be gay but we do chose to be open and honest about it. and that's the kind of lifestyle I want. my choice.
2007-10-04 14:47:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Well....depends on how you view the choice. He sees that we all have inate orientations. How one chooses to live their life...that is the choice. But...that's nothing any one of us didn't already know or agree with.
You can be gay and choose to live a straight life. We know it as being in the closet. That person may view it as protecting themselves.
2007-10-04 14:44:20 · answer #10 · answered by Oberon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋