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Where do you fall on the Kinsey Scale?

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  • #92
    AppleBottle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭AppleBottle


    You got: Strictly heterosexual.
    You’re straighter than a ruler wearing black socks with sandals. Every sexual thought you’ve ever had has been for a member of the other sex, and that’ll probably never change. Your sexuality is about as fluid as the polar ice caps.


    I wouldn't agree with "every sexual thought..." but yeah, pretty much nailed it.


  • #93
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    AppleBottle wrote: »

    I wouldn't agree with "every sexual thought..."

    I'm beginning to think I'm the old straight in the village.


  • #94
    Freak Midget
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭Freak Midget


    Medusa22 wrote: »
    Azalea has epitomised part of what I have been trying to say. She may never meet a woman that she is attracted to or that she wants to sleep with or that she will fall in love with but she wouldn't rule it out, because she can't be 100% sure that she won't. I'm not sure if anyone can be 100% sure that they definitely won't because nobody knows what the future holds, it is a possibility, even if it may never happen at all or seems highly unlikely.

    The vast majority of people are straight, you're deluding yourself if you think most people are 'a little gay' or whatever. Sure I can see that a man is handsome but I'd rather kill myself that have sex with another man!


  • #95
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Strictly heterosexual according to the quiz.

    I've been mistaken for being homosexual on occasions, I think some of my mannerisms can sometimes be misleading.


  • #96
    mynameis905
    Closed Accounts Posts: 754 ✭✭✭mynameis905


    Ficheall wrote: »
    And following that logic, presumably we're all part zoophile, because you might just not have met the right sheep yet, even if you might find the idea extremely unappealing now. Brilliant.

    That's a pretty dumb conflation of normal sexual behavior with bestiality.

    Growing up reading about sexuality, I always wanted to be a bisexual. Seemed like getting the best of both worlds and to paraphrase Woody Allen, it doubles your chances of a date come Saturday night. Was thoroughly disappointed to realise that I'm straight.


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  • #97
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Despite answering that I saw myself as straight, have only been with the opposite sex etc apparently I'm mostly homosexual :)


  • #98
    [Deleted User]
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    Medusa22 wrote: »
    Ah the Kinsey scale is quite basic/primitive and I just used it to start a discussion on sexuality and where people believe that they are on the homosexual-heterosexual continuum and if they wanted to take the quiz to see what it said. Sorry, I probably should have said that in the OP, sexuality is a lot more nuanced than that.

    Oh I know, I wasn't suggesting that I was taking it seriously, just that it seemed like buzz feed had altered the original responses.

    I know what I like, and a I wouldn't need a quiz to tell me that!

    Though its original results were correct for me. Mostly heterosexual but women can be nice too on occasion....


  • #99
    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


    Ficheall wrote: »
    I don't like sweet potato fries - if someone tried to insist that I was wrong and that I actually did like sweet potato fries, I wouldn't be particularly impressed.

    Maybe that analogy fails though. I suppose if you smothered sweet potato fries in rasher and goats cheese and honey, maybe I wouldn't notice the sweet potato fries. ****, maybe I'm bi...

    Wonderful analogy, I think you'd find that in that scenario I would be saying ''most people like sweet potato fries'' and then you'd pipe up ''but I don't like them!!'' and then I'd say to you ''fine, you don't like sweet potato fries, more for me, maybe you might like them one day, maybe you won't.
    Ficheall wrote: »
    And following that logic, presumably we're all part zoophile, because you might just not have met the right sheep yet, even if you might find the idea extremely unappealing now. Brilliant.

    An ever more wonderful analogy, they are just getting better and better, I think I'll ensure that my cat stays indoors just in case you change your mind.
    Avatar MIA wrote: »
    A bi-sexual saying they believe everyone is somewhat bisexual is similar to a colourblind person believing everyone sees colours the way they do.

    That's exactly it, bi-sexuals are like people who can't tell the difference between green and red, is that a boob or a penis I'm touching? I don't know, who cares, they're both the same colour and I love them both!
    Earthhorse wrote: »
    That's kind of meaningless though. You might end up murdering someone someday, you just can't know. But right now you are as good as not a murderer.

    It might be pointless or meaningless but it doesn't make it untrue, right now you are not a murderer, but you can't say with 100% certainty that you will never be one, even if it is incredibly unlikely.


  • #100
    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


    Peregrine wrote: »
    Azalea is only one individual though and her own nuanced sexuality isn't the same for all monosexual people.

    I'm repulsed by thought of me lying with another man. Any man. It's not fair to say that it's still a possibility or that I don't know what the future holds when I'm certain that it's not something I want to do.

    I don't think it is unfair to say that you don't know if you will ever have sex with a man, even if it's highly or incredibly unlikely. If you told me that you're straight and that you don't think that you'll ever sleep with a man, I wouldn't try to contradict you, I'd accept, respect and believe what you've said.


  • #101
    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


    Freak Midget wrote: »
    The vast majority of people are straight, you're deluding yourself if you think most people are 'a little gay' or whatever. Sure I can see that a man is handsome but I'd rather kill myself that have sex with another man!

    I'll continue with my delusions so.


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  • #102
    [Deleted User]
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    mynameis905 wrote: »

    Growing up reading about sexuality, I always wanted to be a bisexual. Seemed like getting the best of both worlds and to paraphrase Woody Allen, it doubles your chances of a date come Saturday night. Was thoroughly disappointed to realise that I'm straight.

    I know someone like that, who has said it would be great if they had even more options, but they just could never bring themselves to be with a man and never would.


  • #103
    kjl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭kjl


    I got Strictly heterosexual,

    but I would consider myself bisexual so it's all a load of rubbish in my eyes.


  • #104
    Ciderswigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Ciderswigger


    "You got: Mostly heterosexual.

    You’re mostly straight, but you’re open to new ideas and experiences. Maybe you’ve had a passing thought or fantasy, and maybe you’ve actually thought about pursuing those impulses. Your sexuality is definitely a little more fluid than most."

    Meh, I'm so single right now that I'm not far from being a nun. I'll take whatever is on offer.


  • #105
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    I got Zoolander :eek:


  • #106
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Freak Midget wrote: »
    Sure I can see that a man is handsome but I'd rather kill myself that have sex with another man!

    Literally?

    I'm (apparently) not very good at recognising male handsomeness, but if it was a strict choice between having sex with a man and killing myself, I'd be up on him before you could say "Hello, Samaritans..."


  • #107
    Diamond Doll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭Diamond Doll


    I got:

    Mostly heterosexual.
    You’re mostly straight, but you’re open to new ideas and experiences. Maybe you’ve had a passing thought or fantasy, and maybe you’ve actually thought about pursuing those impulses. Your sexuality is definitely a little more fluid than most.

    I'm actually surprised by that, I thought I'd be right in the middle!

    "Bi-curious" is how my ex described me.

    Any relationships I've had have always been with men, but any girl-on-girl experiences I've ever had have been very soft and sweet and nice. :D


  • #108
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    I got "equal parts homosexual and heterosexual"
    I have never taken a quiz like it before so have no comparison but I feel its answers are a bit skewed.
    Why?
    Because some of the questions seem to have NOTHING to do with MY particular orientation(straight, never been with the opposite sex)
    For example...my answers that could have led to me getting the above result are.

    "I'm friends with plenty of gay, straight and bi people"
    Aren't most people nowadays? Through work, social circles, nights out etc? :confused:

    "Who do you feel most comfortable socialising with?"
    I answered "The same sex" ie my close friends who are 98% women.
    I would much rather a girls night out than a couples night out or *shudder*a night out with my oh and his mates(who doesnt?)

    "Who do you find attractive?"
    I answered "The same sex but can recognise when someone of the same sex is attractive."
    Again, doesn't everyone do this(or at the very least, most women)?
    I have seen women on a night out and think "jesus, she's a stunner, I'd love her lips/hair/height etc etc"
    Even in movies, when an actress is gorgeous, I'll be the first to admire her(I do the same with male actors too ;))

    None of the above imo makes me equally heterosexual and homosexual.

    So, I don't think the quiz is worth a jot tbh.


  • #109
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Medusa22 wrote: »
    It might be pointless or meaningless but it doesn't make it untrue, right now you are not a murderer, but you can't say with 100% certainty that you will never be one, even if it is incredibly unlikely.

    Doesn't make it true either. Nobody can say anything with 100% certainty about the future. At the moment I'm not a murderer, or gay, or bisexual, so speculating that I might be in the future is a waste of time.


  • #110
    Azalea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭Azalea


    I wouldn't say I'm disgusted at the thought of being with a woman sexually - but it's an idea that does simply nothing for me.


  • #111
    [Deleted User]
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    Azalea wrote: »
    I wouldn't say I'm disgusted at the thought of being with a woman sexually - but it's an idea that does simply nothing for me.

    Yes, I'm surprised at the word repulsed being used so often. I'm not repulsed, just not interested.

    I'm also struck at a number of posts that seem to sound insulted at any suggestion they might not be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's an odd thing to be affronted by.


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  • #112
    LETHAL LADY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    I got strictly heterosexual and the scales never lie!
    Seriously though, being no spring chicken I know I've zero interest in fiddling around with ladies bits n' boobs and I really cannot see this changing anytime in the future.
    I really do think it's a case of different strokes for different folks with this one.


  • #113
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Candie wrote: »
    Yes, I'm surprised at the word repulsed being used so often. I'm not repulsed, just not interested.

    I'm also struck at a number of posts that seem to sound insulted at any suggestion they might not be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's an odd thing to be affronted by.
    Nothing to do with being affronted.

    If someone said they thought everyone was a little bit of a Man United fan I'd call them on it.


  • #114
    Freak Midget
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭Freak Midget


    Candie wrote: »
    Yes, I'm surprised at the word repulsed being used so often. I'm not repulsed, just not interested.

    I'm also struck at a number of posts that seem to sound insulted at any suggestion they might not be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's an odd thing to be affronted by.

    You're pretty naive if you think the average straight man won't be offended if you suggest he's less than 100% hetro. Calling a man 'a little bi' is fighting words.


  • #115
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Candie wrote: »
    Yes, I'm surprised at the word repulsed being used so often. I'm not repulsed, just not interested.

    I'm also struck at a number of posts that seem to sound insulted at any suggestion they might not be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's an odd thing to be affronted by.

    They're probably not really insulted, they just think they are.


  • #116
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Freak Midget wrote: »
    You're pretty naive if you think the average straight man won't be offended if you suggest he's less than 100% hetro. Calling a man 'a little bi' is fighting words.

    Why would that be offensive?


  • #117
    Freak Midget
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭Freak Midget


    RayM wrote: »
    Why would that be offensive?

    You really think men don't offended if you call them gay?


  • #118
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Freak Midget wrote: »
    You really think men don't offended if you call them gay?
    I'm asking why they'd be offended. What's offensive about it?


  • #119
    Freak Midget
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭Freak Midget


    RayM wrote: »
    I'm asking why they'd be offended. What's offensive about it?

    Because it just is. Being called gay suggests you are weak and effeminate, that you're less than a man. I'm sure you're thinking 'but it's almost 2016, why haven't we moved beyond this toxic masculinity' well you're not going to change they way men act and think.

    You know full well that if you go to the pub tomorrow night and and go up to lads saying 'hey there fella, you know you're a bit gay' it's only a matter of time before you get a smack in the mouth.


  • #120
    mynameis905
    Closed Accounts Posts: 754 ✭✭✭mynameis905


    Freak Midget wrote: »
    You're pretty naive if you think the average straight man won't be offended if you suggest he's less than 100% hetro. Calling a man 'a little bi' is fighting words.

    I don't get this at all. You'll hear women on this thread saying that having sex with a woman just doesn't do it for them but for some men they have to overcompensate with language like "repulsed", "I'd feel physically sick", "I'd prefer to be shot than have sex with a man" etc.


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  • #121
    Freak Midget
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭Freak Midget


    mynameis905 wrote: »
    I don't get this at all. You'll hear women on this thread saying that having sex with a woman just doesn't do it for them but for some men they have to overcompensate with language like "repulsed", "I'd feel physically sick", "I'd prefer to be shot than have sex with a man" etc.

    We say these things because that's how we genuinely feel.


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