Klein's Sexual Orientation

[Nero]

Dan,
I think you should just embrace your gay identity then. Not that you shouldn't be with girls also if you want to but don't let fear of rejection stop you from getting what you want. If you're gay, you'll just be miserable if you aren't with guys.

Right, but I am miserable with guys. Because while I love them, I envy their bodies. I can't have him flashing his dick around without feeling terrible about myself.

I'm in conflict. Which is why I keep saying I'll never have a partner.

God, I don't envy you dealing with all that. Do you think T will make you feel any better in that regard?

I really don't have a clue.

I'll have a micro penis and some more masculine traits but... as long as some guy wants to frak me in the ass and I can't return the favor, it's just not going to be a pleasurable experience. I don't want to be some guy's bitch. I want to have my share, too.

I'm a guy who REALLY wants to penetrate, but I simply cannot. The urge is unbearable.

Yeah and rubber really doesn't cut it, I know. It would be great to feel my own body inside my partner. I feel your pain. 

[tinkerbell]

I scored a 1.3  Oh geez what a surprise! 

On another note, I found this link about the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid somewhere else, but to my surprise, it only had six alternatives, not seven as the one you cited.  I took the online test and I obtained an average of 0.38! 

tink

[iFindMeHere]

I scored a 1.3  Oh geez what a surprise! 

On another note, I found this link about the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid somewhere else, but to my surprise, it only had six alternatives, not seven as the one you cited.  I took the online test and I obtained an average of 0.38! 

tink

i think this is a slightly altered version, ive never seen fetish mentioned in Klein's before. I'm not an expert on Fritz Klein by any stretch, but i get the impression (from what little I know) that he wouldn't mind as long as people are finding themselves.

[Hypatia]

The online version that Tink linked to uses a numerical scale of 0 to 6, just like Kinsey. How come this goes from 1 to 7?

When I totaled and averaged the numbers according to the OP's version, I got 6.14.
Then with the same answers on a scale of 0 to 6, as in the online version, I got, of course, 5.14.

Anyway, going according to the OP's instructions, I selected number 6 (which corresponds to a Kinsey 5).

[iFindMeHere]

The online version that Tink linked to uses a numerical scale of 0 to 6, just like Kinsey. How come this goes from 1 to 7?

When I totaled and averaged the numbers according to the OP's version, I got 6.14.
Then with the same answers on a scale of 0 to 6, as in the online version, I got, of course, 5.14.

Anyway, going according to the OP's instructions, I selected number 6 (which corresponds to a Kinsey 5).

ehhh... is Wikipedia. Is not my work. Is copypasta.

[Natasha]

3.42 ok fine with me!

[umop ap!sdn]

Yay sexuality sudoku! I'll play.

Attraction: 6, 6, whatever. I'd be okay with whatever attractions and preferences I ever feel, and I wouldn't want to change them.
Behaviour: N/A, 7, 6. A year ago I had not had any experience but if you want me to count whom I'd asked out, flirted with, or crushed on then I'd have to put a 5.
Fantasies: 5, 6, 5
Emotional Preference: 7, 7, 7
Social Preference: How am I to answer this one? Don't "heteronormative" people socialize more with their own gender? I guess that would make me 2, 2, 2 but I don't see how that's a measure of one's orientation.
Hetero/Gay Lifestyle: 3, 6, 5. That's complicated by the fact that up until a few years ago I mistakenly believed myself to be "straight" and tried to fit in in the straight world. Which is a common thing anyway for members of the LGBT community in general.
Self-identification: 5, 6, 7

My chart averages to 5.26 on the 0-7 scale, or I'm at 4.95 according to the calculator site with the 0-6 scale.

[iFindMeHere]

Social Preference: How am I to answer this one? Don't "heteronormative" people socialize more with their own gender? I guess that would make me 2, 2, 2 but I don't see how that's a measure of one's orientation.

Because that part, as I specified in my writing on the subject, is about whether you have participated, do participate, or want to paticipate in gay or straight community/culture. For example, back in Minneapolis there was a gay coffee shop and down 2 blocks there was a straight one. If one is more "gay/queer/ally/whatevs" they would probably choose the gay shop because the culture there is more to their comfort. if they are more "straight" they might be more comfortable at the straight shop.

Of course this is only an example--whos to say which has better coffee, more comfortable chairs, better amenities? i personally would decide based on that unless i had a specific need to be in a Gay Space at the time.

[umop ap!sdn]

I thought that fell under the lifestyle section.... given that choice I'd go to the gay shop.

[fluffy jorgen]

Bio-gender.
2 or 3, I think. 

[Kayden]

A: 4, 3, 4
B: 6, 5, 4
C: 2, 5, 4
D: 3, 3, 4
E: 4, 6, 6 (Edit: I changed this when I realized I didn't understand the question well the first time)
F: 4, 6, 5
G: 4, 4, 4

4.29 (recalculated)

[Hypatia]

I recomputed it and ran the numbers.

A. 5, 7, 7
B. 5, 7, 7
C. 4, 5, 7
D. 7, 7, 7
E. 3, 6, 7
F. 2, 6, 7
G. 2, 7, 7

{2 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7}
Average (arithmetic mean)=5.8
Median=7
Mode=7

Mom? Dad? There's something I need to tell you: I'm gay.

Standard deviation: 1.68

And the statistician is telling me I'm a "deviation" or something.

[Aiden]

A: 6    3     4

B: 6    4     2

C: 5    4     2

D: 5    5     2

E: 3    3     1

F: 4    6     4

G: 3    4     2


Main Res: 3.71


What starting to figure now.  Am bi I guess lol.

[JonasCarminis]

average is 3.71

[imaz]

I scored a 1.3  Oh geez what a surprise! 

On another note, I found this link about the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid somewhere else, but to my surprise, it only had six alternatives, not seven as the one you cited.  I took the online test and I obtained an average of 0.38! 

tink

On the second test I scored 5.33 out of a possible 6.00.

I prefer girls, you prefer boys, did I understand the test correctly?

[Hypatia]

On the second test I scored 5.33 out of a possible 6.00.

OK, I knew this would turn out to be confusing.

Who used a scale of 0-6?
Who used a scale of 1-7?

Not accounting for that will throw all the results off.

[imaz]

OK, I knew this would turn out to be confusing.

Who used a scale of 0-6?
Who used a scale of 1-7?

Not accounting for that will throw all the results off.

Scale of 1-6 = 5.33
Scale of 1-7 = 6.76

Never really thought of myself as that Gay!

BTW the scales are 1-6 or 1-7, so surely the lowest possible result is 1.00 and the highest 6.00 or 7.00 respectively. Am I missing something here, never was any good at maths...

[Hypatia]

No, the scales are the same size in either case: If it only goes up to 6, then it starts at 0 (same as Kinsey). If it goes up to 7, then it starts at 1 (which is how this thread was introduced, for some unknown reason). If you got 6.76 on the 1-7 scale, then just drop a whole number, it would be 5.76 for you, Kinsey style. I think. I knew this would get confusing...

[imaz]

Drop a whole number for no apparent reason? Was Kinsey homophobic?

[Hypatia]

Not in the least-- I meant that whatever value n you input on the 1 to 7 scale is equivalent to n-1 on the 0 to 6 scale. So if on the former scale your result is x, then on the latter scale it would be exactly x-1.

The confusion is because the Klein grid originally posted by iFindMeHere is scaled with 1 as the lowest number and 7 as the highest. Then Tink posted a link to the same Klein grid, identical to the first except that the numbers ran from 0 to 6. That's why I was careful to specify which scale I got my results on. See above--

The online version that Tink linked to uses a numerical scale of 0 to 6, just like Kinsey. How come this goes from 1 to 7?

When I totaled and averaged the numbers according to the OP's version, I got 6.14.
Then with the same answers on a scale of 0 to 6, as in the online version, I got, of course, 5.14.

Anyway, going according to the OP's instructions, I selected number 6 (which corresponds to a Kinsey 5).