http://kinseyconfidential.org Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 2006-2007 aschweig@indiana.edu (Kinsey Confidential) aschweig@indiana.edu (Kinsey Confidential) posts 1440 Just another WordPress weblog Kinsey Confidential Kinsey Confidential aschweig@indiana.edu No no http://kinseyconfidential.org/wp-content/themes/kinsey/images/kinsey-podcast-300.jpg http://kinseyconfidential.org 144 144 http://kinseyconfidential.org/evidence-sexual-orientation-synonymous-identity/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/evidence-sexual-orientation-synonymous-identity/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:00:20 +0000 Eric Anthony Grollman (M.A.) http://kinseyconfidential.org/?p=1637 http://kinseyconfidential.org/evidence-sexual-orientation-synonymous-identity/feed/ 0 http://kinseyconfidential.org/attracted-trans-genetic-women-bisexual/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/attracted-trans-genetic-women-bisexual/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:00:41 +0000 Dr. Debby Herbenick (M.P.H., Ph.D.) http://kinseyconfidential.org/?p=1316 http://kinseyconfidential.org/attracted-trans-genetic-women-bisexual/feed/ 2 http://kinseyconfidential.org/women-masturbate-lesbian/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/women-masturbate-lesbian/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:41 +0000 Dr. Debby Herbenick (M.P.H., Ph.D.) http://kinseyconfidential.org/?p=1255 http://kinseyconfidential.org/women-masturbate-lesbian/feed/ 0 3:16 Determining Sexual Orientation Great question! Although many people wonder if there is an easy way to know if a person is gay, straight, bisexual or some ... Determining Sexual Orientation Great question! Although many people wonder if there is an easy way to know if a person is gay, straight, bisexual or some other sexual orientation, the fact is that there is not. Many scientists consider a personrsquo;s sexual orientation to reflect a larger pattern of their romantic and sexual attractions such that women who identify as straight tend, for the most part, to be romantically and sexually attracted to men whereas women who identify as lesbian tend to be romantically and sexually attracted to women. Experiences, Thoughts, and Labels Don't Always Match Up Of course, few things in life are cut and dry and neither is sexual orientation. Some women who identify as heterosexual have explored sexually with other women. They may have kissed other women or engaged in oral sex, breast touching or genital touching with other women. Then again, some women who identify as heterosexual have never engaged in sexual activity with women in waking life, but they may have had pleasurable, satisfying sex dreams about women. Or, like you, they may find that their preferred fantasies during masturbation involve women. The fact that you get turned on thinking of other girls doesnrsquo;t minimize the fact that you also get turned on by your boyfriend. By the same token, many lesbian women have had some type of sexual contact with men. Some lesbian identified women may include men in their sexual fantasies or may have also had enjoyable sex dreams involving men. Just because a lesbian woman enjoys thinking about men or masturbating to images of men ndash; or images of men and women having sex together ndash; does not mean that her true orientation is heterosexual. Research About Sexual Attraction Pioneering sexuality researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey suggested that sexuality was a rather fluid concept. He found that people sometimes experienced different sexual attractions at different points in their lives and that a personrsquo;s sexual behaviors, dreams and fantasies could vary. He also felt that, based on his research, more people would be attracted to both men and women if only society didnrsquo;t suppress these attractions. Labels Can Change Throughout Life Whether you identify as heterosexual, lesbian or bisexual is up to you. You may find that one label suits you well now and, later in life, you may find that a different sexual orientation label better reflects your feelings and attractions. However you decide to label yourself, try to let go of any stress or anxiety about how you ldquo;shouldrdquo; or ldquo;shouldnrsquo;trdquo; feel sexually. What you find arousing and exciting during your partnered sex play as well as during your masturbation fantasies is likely to keep evolving with time. By keeping an open and accepting mind toward your own experience, you can continue to explore your sexuality in positive ways. Content,Type,,Podcast,,Sexual,Orientation aschweig@indiana.edu no No http://kinseyconfidential.org/male-circumcision-hivrisk-reduction/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/male-circumcision-hivrisk-reduction/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:33:47 +0000 Eric Anthony Grollman (M.A.) http://wfiutest.rtv.indiana.edu/male-circumcision-hivrisk-reduction/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/male-circumcision-hivrisk-reduction/feed/ 0 http://kinseyconfidential.org/kinsey-scale-sexual-orientation/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/kinsey-scale-sexual-orientation/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:39:02 +0000 Dr. Debby Herbenick (M.P.H., Ph.D.) http://wfiutest.rtv.indiana.edu/?p=953 http://kinseyconfidential.org/kinsey-scale-sexual-orientation/feed/ 0 http://kinseyconfidential.org/kinsey-scale-kinsey-test/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/kinsey-scale-kinsey-test/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:00:51 +0000 Dr. Debby Herbenick (M.P.H., Ph.D.) http://www.kinseyconfidential.org/blog/2006/01/25/qa-the-kinsey-scale-and-test/ http://kinseyconfidential.org/kinsey-scale-kinsey-test/feed/ 0 3:28 We are regularly asked for information about the Kinsey "test" or "quiz" but in fact no such thing exists. The Kinsey Scale The heterosexual-homosexual rating scale, also ... We are regularly asked for information about the Kinsey "test" or "quiz" but in fact no such thing exists. The Kinsey Scale The heterosexual-homosexual rating scale, also known as The Kinsey Scale, is a seven-point scale developed by pioneering sex researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey in order to illustrate that human beings fall along a continuum in their sexual behaviors and interests in people who are of the same or other sex. Based on the thousands of sex interviews Dr. Kinsey and his research team conducted in the United States, he did not find evidence to suggest that people fell into two neat categories of "heterosexual" and "homosexual" - or as is often said today, "straight" and "gay". Thus, the seven points of the Kinsey scale were identified as: exclusively heterosexual with no homosexual (0) predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual (1) predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual (2) equally heterosexual and homosexual (3) predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual (4) predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual (5) exclusively homosexual (6). That's not to say that placement in these categories is easy to determine. What, after all, makes someone's sexual experiences "predominantly" homosexual or heterosexual? Does this mean that "most" of their encounters were same or opposite sex, or is there a certain percentage of events that one considers as a threshold? Well, what if someone's sexual behaviors are largely with opposite sex individuals even though their sexual desire and arousal is largely in response to same sex individuals? Or what if things changed over the course of one's life, a fact that Dr. Kinsey noted among his research participants. Where Would You Place Yourself? Because there is no "Kinsey Test" or quiz that categorizes people on the Kinsey scale, those who are interested in it can simply take a look at the continuum and consider where they might place themselves, with the understanding that your own placement might change over time. You may feel like a "Kinsey 2" at this point in your life only to find later on that you feel more like a "Kinsey 3". Or something completely different. The Kinsey scale ndash; and other proposed models of sexual orientation ndash; are certainly not the final answer. Instead, they illustrate the complexities of sexual attraction, behaviors and orientation. Contemporary sex researchers continue to work to understand what shapes our sexual orientation, though the scientific debate has since entered more modern day forms of exploration such as the relationship between genetics and sexual orientation. Learn More You can view and read more about the scale on The Kinsey Institute's web site or in "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," Dr. Kinsey's groundbreaking 1948 book based on his team's interviews with men in the United States. Content,Type,,Include,in,Resources,,Podcast,,Sexual,Orientation,,Special aschweig@indiana.edu no No