It seems that there has been some discussion over the question of whether bisexuality exists. Some time after the terms heterosexual and homosexual were first introduced into the vernacular, people began to debate whether or not there is a third orientation which encompasses aspects of both 다운로드. The term bisexual was coined and has been used ever since. Initially, it was thought that bisexuality was a 50/50 split, meaning that bisexuals were equally attracted to the opposite sex and people of the same sex 대포뽑기 다운로드. Kinsey dispelled that notion after extensive research and came up with the idea of a continuum where most of the subjects he interviewed fell somewhere on either end rather than dead center 플리커 사진 다운로드. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, Alfred Kinsey conducted his research on college students at the university where he taught Biology. The study focused on sexual behaviors of both male and female students 고등래퍼 3 음원. He discovered that many of his subjects were sexually active with multiple partners of both sexes. Some reported having had exclusively heterosexual encounters; some were exclusively homosexual, while still others had engaged in sexual activity with both males and females 다운로드. Kinsey then realized that most of those who reported having had sex with both same and opposite sex partners did so with varying degrees of difference 패트리어트 데이 다운로드. He developed a scale which measured, quite crudely in retrospect, a tool consisting of a seven-point linear scale. The tool, later termed the Kinsey Scale, placed respondents from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 7 (exclusively homosexual), with the number 3 as the mid-point 다운로드. The subjects chose their point on the scale based on their self-identified sexuality. Though crude by today’s standards, it was revolutionary for its time 다운로드. However, the scale measured only the respondents’ self-identity at that point in their young lives, due to its limited nature. Furthermore, it measured behavior rather than attraction, fantasy and potential for future sexual behaviors 다운로드. Subsequently, researchers who were interested in expanding the parameters of the Kinsey seven-point scale developed other tools which measure sexuality based on a wider variety of criteria 다운로드. Dr. Fritz Klein, for example, constructed The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid which incorporates a greater number of variables into its design. The grid covers sexual attraction, behaviors and fantasies as well as emotional and sexual preferences during the past, up to the present and what the subject’s ideal situation might represent. In his book “What is Bisexuality?” Klein “offers a discussion and study of bisexual intimacy, beginning with the differences in between sexual and emotional intimacy, and the connection between intimacy and hetero- and homophobia, including a profile of a heterosexual male who is able to be emotionally intimate with men.” He further explores what has become known as “The Threat” by discussing the reality that many homosexuals and heterosexuals view the bisexual as a “threat” and goes on to discuss the myth of the “non existence” of bisexuals still held by many in society and the sense of “either/or”. This is why it is important to understand the debate and how bisexuality has become a source of controversy among so many who identify as Gay, Straight, Bisexual or something else.
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