Sexual orientation as a continuous variable: A comparison between the sexes. Assessment of sexual orientation in lesbian/gay/bisexual studies. Selected References on Other Measures of Sexual OrientationĬhung, Y. Psychosocial development of heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual behavior. Defining and measuring sexual orientation: A review. Femininity, masculinity, and sexual orientation: Some cross-cultural comparisons. Homosexuality/Heterosexuality: Concepts of Sexual Orientation. Bisexuality reconsidered: An idea in pursuit of a definition. Homosexuality and bisexuality in different populations. University of Illinois at Springfield, Student Affairs Office. Selected References that Discuss the Kinsey Scale The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid, developed by Fritz Klein, expands on Kinsey’s scale with 7 variables and 3 situations in time: past, present and ideal. The scale ranges from 0, for those who would identify themselves as exclusively heterosexual with no experience with or desire for sexual activity with their same sex, to 6, for those who would identify themselves as exclusively homosexual with no experience with or desire for sexual activity with those of the opposite sex, and 1-5 for those who would identify themselves with varying levels of desire or sexual activity with either sex. There is no ‘test.’ The scale is purely a method of self-evaluation based on your individual experience, and the rating you choose may change over time. A seven-point scale comes nearer to showing the many gradations that actually exist.” (pp. “While emphasizing the continuity of the gradations between exclusively heterosexual and exclusively homosexual histories, it has seemed desirable to develop some sort of classification which could be based on the relative amounts of heterosexual and homosexual experience or response in each history… An individual may be assigned a position on this scale, for each period in his life…. “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 authors add in Sexual Behavior of the Human Female (1953): The world is not to be divided into sheep and goats…The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects.” “Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. Though the majority of men and women reported being exclusively heterosexual, and a percentage reported exclusively homosexual behavior and attractions, many individuals disclosed behaviors or thoughts somewhere in between.Īs Kinsey writes in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948): Interviewing people about their sexual histories, the Kinsey team found that, for many people, sexual behavior, thoughts and feelings towards the same or opposite sex was not always consistent across time. The Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale, sometimes referred to as the “Kinsey Scale,” was developed by Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues Wardell Pomeroy and Clyde Martin in 1948, in order to account for research findings that showed people did not fit into neat and exclusive heterosexual or homosexual categories. 0- Exclusively heterosexual with no homosexualġ- Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexualĢ- Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexualĤ- Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexualĥ- Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual
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