And anecdotal evidence is not valid for generalisations. Usually men act more masculine and women act more feminine but both sexes express both feminine and masculine traits. There are various online quizzes based on the Kinsey Scale. I find it hard to believe it was societal factors (a popular belief when it comes to these mannerisms), since we knew for a fact his understanding of sexual relationships was non-existent.Įveryone acts feminine and masculine. The term Kinsey Scale test is commonly used, but according to the Kinsey Institute, there’s no actual test based on the scale. He never hung around with other boys, was disgusted by farting (which was widely considered to be hilarious), had the stereotypical limp wrist, awkward running posture and the unusual speech tendencies. 1 Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual. There is no formal Kinsey Scale test that you can take, but there are some quizzes based around it. 'The Kinsey Scale is an idea developed by Alfred Kinsey in 1948 that instead of describing people as either homosexual, heterosexual or bisexual, sexual orientation was really a scale from hetereosexualiy to homosexuality.' your result will be one of these: 0 Exclusively heterosexual. It uses a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. On a somewhat related note, do you think that the feminine behavior is intentional? The kid I was talking about was way too young to feel the need to "act a role", which is evident considering he continued his denial well through his pubescent years. The Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual Homosexual RatingScale, attempts to describe a persons sexual experience or response at a given time.
Stereotypes themselves are only generalised observations and shouldn't be disregarded on that basis. I have never, and I'm sure others can also assert the same, met a straight male who exhibits the speech tendencies and behavior of a stereotypical homosexual. What I'm referring to only targets the feminine homosexuals. (I could not find that anyone else have done it before, although there has been some talk about the kinsey zoo scale.) Kinsey zoo scale test 1: Who are you attracted to 1 point: Only humans. Homosexual/lesbian relationships tend to entail one masculine role and one feminine. I have translated the kinsey test to the zoo instead, test it and have fun. That kid you know is not enough to say that all gay men are distinguishable by their personality.Īgain, I never said that all gay men are distinguishable. But there are also gay men who act stereotypically gay.
There are gay men who you cannot tell are gay until you see them kissing another man. Your test is bad and you should feel bad, Kinsey. Also I found the use of gender binaries interesting when the whole idea behind the scale is that sexuality isn’t a binary.'Might' doesn't mean 'will'. The Kinsey scale, also called the Heterosexual Homosexual RatingScale, attempts to describe a person's sexual experience or response at a given time. For funsies I took the test multiple times (considering a few of these questions can't be answered by 'true and/or false') and got 4 different results. Further proving to me that attempting to put sexuality on a scale is more about simplifying something complicated for others and not about having a person better understand themselves.