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MadameMarque -> RE: How can i tell if i'm bisexual? (7/10/2010 8:16:59 AM)
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I think we're each somewhere on a continuum. Kinsey was brilliant to have a scale of 1-6, for sexual orientation, with entirely heterosexual on one end, and entirely homosexual on the other. I suppose entirely bisexual, without a leaning, would be in the exact center. To keep it as simple as "straight," "gay/Lesbian," or "bi," is much more practical, when other people just want to know whom you date. But when you think about it, these are only general terms. Each person's personal, specific orientation toward the genders is probably more complex, were we to be strictly factual. Maybe you occasionally fantasize about someone of the same gender, but only ever have sex with those of the opposite gender. Maybe you like casual sex with the opposite sex, but only ever get seriously involved with the same sex. Maybe there's only one person you find sexually attractive who's not the gender that you normally prefer. Maybe you only like sex with one of the genders, if someone of the opposite gender is there, too - like people who are open to couples, but only if at least one of them is ___ (fill in the blank, with the gender that has to be present). Maybe you only do certain things with a certain gender, etc, etc. When stating your orientation, people are usually really referring to with whom you would enjoy having sex. To express that more specifically, phrases such as "bisexual, leaning gay," or "bisexual, but mostly into boys," or "straight, with rare exceptions," or "I'm only looking for females," etc, are helpful. But I tend to think that for the purposes of a meet and date site such as CM, the standard three options are efficient. Your question, GungaDin, addresses not only your primary orientation or what preference you'd act upon, but includes all of your desires, when questioning what is the orientation. As I say, I think it's on a continuum. I don't tend to categorize only enjoying looking, as making you bisexual, if we're going with the Three Party system, but it's not a hard science...so to speak.
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