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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale

The scale doesn't translate nicely to common speech.

I like "non zero"

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Scale seems like an oversimplification too, idk what's the difference between a three and a four?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

a person that's hetreonormative going for some gay relationships depending on the person or situation, with people that are presenting broadly more close to the way a person opposite their gender is, contrasting to a person that feels they are part of the LGBT+ community that also cultivates straight relationships if the person they are going for a relationship with if they are presenting broadly more close to their own gender.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

No preference vs preference. Then 5/1 is strong preference. 1 is where a lot of the "I'm straight but" turn out to be.

And yeah it's a simplification, but Kinsey was a pioneer of sexology that tried to nonjudgementally figure out the actual lived experiences of people's sexual orientation, and with that is going to come oversimplification