Bisexuality Confirmed!

[Storm]

I haven't heard that the Kinsey Scale has any body of evidence in support of it. It was a speculation on the part of Kinsey that caught on sans any real evidence for it. I would be cautious relying on it.

Meh...

It's a self-evaluated frame of reference, not a scientific analysis. I don't "rely on" it, I use it to be precise in communication on a confusing topic.

I don't really see evidence being an issue... It's obvious to most that sexuality is a spectrum. The scale merely codifies said spectrum.

 

[Sunstone]

It's obvious to most that sexuality is a spectrum. The scale merely codifies said spectrum.

I don't find "obvious" to be necessarily supported by science -- that is, by reality.

 

[Storm]

I don't find "obvious" to be necessarily supported by science -- that is, by reality.

So, until this study to confirm the obvious was published, bis didn't exist?

 

[Banner]

This is why we have the Kinsey scale.

You sound to me like someone who is mostly straight with minor bi leanings. I can never remember which end is which, but I'd guess you'd be around a point away from heterosexual. Me, I'm a half-point from dead center.

ETA: Just looked it up... I'm guessing you're a 1, whereas I'm a 2.6.

Haha I got curious and had to look it up too. I could be a one, but give me a 1.5 and we'll call it even.

 

[Sunstone]

So, until this study to confirm the obvious was published, bis didn't exist?

Don't be absurd. It doesn't fit you very well.

 

[Storm]

Don't be absurd. It doesn't fit you very well to be ridiculous.

How is it any less absurd to deny the existence of bisexuality, than to deny the different levels of bisexuality?

Sometimes, the obvious is disproven (geocentrism comes to mind). That said, sometimes it's as true as it is obvious, like the spectrum of sexuality.

Saying that the obvious can't be true until it's supported by scientific data strike me rather... dogmatic, perhaps? No, not that rigid. What's the opposite of independent thought?

 

[Sunstone]

How is it any less absurd to deny the existence of bisexuality, than to deny the different levels of bisexuality?

If you want to make such assumptions, that's your right, of course. We all have different standards.

 

[Storm]

If you want to make such assumptions, that's your right, of course. We all have different standards.

It's not an assumption. It's an inter-subjectively verifiable observation. IOW, science without the experiments.

 

[Sunstone]

It's not an assumption. It's an inter-subjectively verifiable observation. IOW, science without the experiments.

I don't buy the observations you fail to cite amount to more than crap.

 

[waitasec]

i am of the opinion that sexuality cannot be defined, for lack of a better word.
yes of course there are those who find themselves on either end of the scale
and there are those who find themselves in between...

i agree with this:
"It is a characteristic of the human mind that tries to dichotomize in its classification of phenomena….Sexual behavior is either normal or abnormal, socially acceptable or unacceptable, heterosexual or homosexual; and many persons do not want to believe that there are gradations in these matters from one to the other extreme.”

The Kinsey Institute - Kinsey Sexuality Rating Scale [Research Program]


for me i have never had a sexual encounter with another woman mostly because of my
upbringing and being indoctrinated at such a young age into believing that my inclination to have crushes on girls as well was wrong and something to be ashamed of. now i'm married and even though i've never "gone there", i can't help wonder how different my life would be today...had i been free to experiment with my sexuality. i am also of the opinion that i am not the only one

so as far as the scale is concerned, i wouldn't know how to rate myself.
sure there have been fantasies...but what does that mean? i can't say i would enjoy the real experience...
i laughed at the scene in the movie, "the kids are alright" when the gay female couple got off on watching gay male porn...
sexuality is strange i suppose. it's a part of life we find ourselves constantly coming to terms with

 

[YmirGF]

I don't buy the observations amount to more than crap.

Um, Phil. Isn't the scientific method extensively documented observation?

 

[Sunstone]

Um, Phil. Isn't the scientific method extensively documented observation?

Don't try to pull a red herring on me, Paul.

 

[Storm]

I don't buy the observations amount to more than crap.

"If you want to make such assumptions, that's your right, of course. We all have different standards."

 

[Sunstone]

"If you want to make such assumptions, that's your right, of course. We all have different standards."

Look, if you want to believe something based on no more sound evidence than "All my friends agree with me that the Kinsey Scale is valid", then please do believe what you feel a need to believe.

 

[Storm]

Look, if you want to believe something based on no more sound evidence than "All my friends agree with me that the Kinsey Scale is valid", then please do believe what you feel a need to believe.

Nice strawman you've got there. Did you bring marshmallows?

:camp:

 

[Sunstone]

Nice strawman you've got there. Did you bring marshmallows?

:camp:

You've said nothing to warrant calling your claims anything more than what you and your friends believe.

 

[Sunstone]

This is going nowhere. I'm not going to debate the issue further since we're just repeating ourselves.

 

[Darkness]

This is going nowhere. I'm not going to debate the issue further since we're just repeating ourselves.

What exactly are you denying? The specific outlay of the Kinsey Scale or the fact that some bisexual people are more attracted to one sex? They are essentially one and the same.

 

[Truth Beyond]

Don't know and I don't care

 

[Sunstone]

Don't know and I don't care

Awesome post!