Invite All to Take Sexual Preferences Survey

[DrJohnB]

I am an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and clinical psychologist.  I  see many individuals and couples of all orientations with sexual related problems.  I have found that the communication about sexual needs and desires is very poor, which prompted me to develop a tool to help one gain insight and understanding into the ways they define and experience their sexuality.

Through the Beiter Sexuality Preference Indicator [BSPI©], I have been discovering interesting facts about sexual preferences of people by age group, gender, etc. and continue to collect data for a book on The Psychology of Your Sexuality.  The research to date has been very interesting, however, I have not collected a great deal of data from the transgender community and would like to invite anyone associated with Susan's Place to access www.bspitest.com and fill out the survey. It promotes healthy sexuality, takes 10 minutes and offers a small description for the person taking the test.

I would be happy to share data that would be of interest on Susan's Place and thank you for your consideration.

[Lisbeth]

I find a number of flaws in your instrument. And it does not provide any kind of enlightenment.

[finewine]

Data entered (by which I mean "into the tool" not "the tool into the android").

[Miniar]

I took the test and found the results highly inaccurate.

[Mister]

Are such options as "Are you kidding me" really scientific?

[Sandy]

I also took the test.  And while the results were interesting, they were not necessarily surprising.  But then again, I think I know my sexuality.  The process of transition causes introspection on many levels.

I would be interested in seeing the results.  I would think that most of the transgendered that respond would have sexual tendencies that are closer to their inner gender rather than their born sex.  I feel that most of my responses were along more classic female tendencies than the male sex I was born with.

-Sandy

[Sarah Louise]

No comment.

Sarah L.

[DRAIN]

exactly the results i expected

[Deanna_Renee]

I have to agree with Sandy. I took the test and had no revelations presented me in the results. The answers were answers I'd been aware of for a long time.

But, yes, at least it found what I thought was accurate about me anyhow. So, maybe that's exactly what it should be for those who've spent years and decades wrestling around with our sexuality and ways of defining "who the hell am I?" It finds what we already know about ourselves, but that maybe others don't about themselves. And if it agrees with the taker of the test, then maybe it's an accurate measurement of what the Dr. is trying to measure with the test.

But as a TS pornstar once said" "Yeah I'm introspective. With this what would you expect me to be?"

I completely agree with Nichole. I would imagine a large percentage of mature adults would have at least a decent idea of their sexual preferences, though many straight people may, or may not, think about it as much as we do. Afterall, their view point seems a bit more narrowly defined, they only have to worry about them being one gender and their partner being a certain gender and work from there. We (at least I at this point) need to deal with what gender we are identifying with, what our true gender is and then dealing with the sexual preference part of it to boot.

Overall, didn't do me any good and likely quite inaccurate due to my lack of sexual experience. Perhaps adding a gauge of sexual experience into the formula may help. Though as a sex therapist, I'm assuming that the taker of the test is supposed to be in a relatively stable relationship/involvement and not struggling with GID. Just MHO

[Julie Marie]

Another stranger coming here asking for us to participate is another survey or study. I've participated in several and I have yet to see anything that impresses me. Sometimes they just disappear and you never know what their findings are, if there even are any.

Outside of why (and I don't see that really helping solve anything when it's social stigma that's the problem) there's nothing new that has come along that really means anything to anyone but the so called scholars.

CD, TG or TS, it doesn't matter, it's all harmless.  So why not focus on how to educate the mainstream and make them realize that different is okay? 

How about surveying the public to find out how they feel about trans people and why? I don't think anyone has done that one yet!

Julie

[Janet_Girl]

I so agree Julie.  There are enough tests for us, but what about us.  I think most have found that there are no surprises in the test.

I would rather is a test about peoples prejudices. They might be surprised to find that they are more open-minded than they would give themselves credit for.

And there were no surprises for me.

Janet

[LordKAT]

Many questions did not give an option which fit for an answer but forced you to choose one. I flipped a coin and it still told me nothing that I didn't already know.

[Audrey]

Beiter Sexuality Preference Indicator Results
Partner orientation   Submissive: You indicated that you are most comfortable with being the submissive partner, which typically means you are waiting for your partner to initiate sexual activity with you to confirm their desire for you.
Arousal method   Imagination: You indicated that you are usually aroused through erotic thoughts and fantasies.
Pleasure   Emotional: You indicated that you more often experience your sexual pleasure through your emotional feelings.
Sexual encounters   Adventuresome: You indicated that you feel most comfortable in your sexual encounters where there are experiences of variety and creativity.

Romantic, loyal to their sexual partners, desiring a close personal relationship. Curious, enjoys discovering new sexual possibilities with their partner and can be a means for implementing ideas. Seek to understand their partner's sexual needs and fulfill them. Adaptable and flexible in their sexual activities.



pretty accurate to me.

[Nicky]

The one question which threw me was whether I considered myself gay,lesbian etc...I don't think those really work for non-binaries.

[Constance]

I couldn't bring myself to get past the first page of questions. At that point, I just gave up. The questions seemed more like a MySpace survey than anything else.

[Lisbeth]

I don't forcing people to choose between male, female, and transgender will get very accurate results. I put female. 

[Alyssa M.]

I'm really dying to know if there is a sloop somewhere named after you, perhaps somewhere 'round Nassau town or thereabouts. Or maybe it was your grandfather.

[Jamie-o]

O.K.  I'll admit that I love taking these sorts of quizzes, though I take the results with a grain of salt.  That being said, if you're really wanting to learn something about human behavior, it seems to me that that you'll get more useful information if you distinguish between transmen, transwomen, gender queer, etc.  I also found myself thinking that the answers were too black and white.  People aren't 100% one way or another.  (Especially those of us who aren't even 100% one gender or another.  )  For example, while I'm predominantly Dominant, there are times when I like to be seduced, surprised, pampered, and generally not required to make any decisions.  Instead of "Yes" or "No", it would have been nice to be able to answer, "Always", "Often", "Sometimes", "Rarely", and "Never".  That being said, I'm also aware that often when results are compiled from surveys that do use those types of answers, in the end they just get lumped into "yes" and "no" anyway. 

[Krissy_Australia]

Load of cods wallup. Pity there wasnt the option of putting what you thought of the test at the end

[Miniar]

Well, it was still inaccurate when it came to me!