The scale runs from exclusively heterosexual (0) to equally heterosexual and homosexual (3) to exclusively homosexual (6), with the X grade often described as asexuality. In 1948, US sex researcher Alfred Kinsey and some colleagues developed the Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale – known as The Kinsey Scale – a seven-point scale, ranging from 0 to 6, with an additional category of 'X'. Which sex would you like to settle down with in the future?
Answering some simple questions may help:Īre your sexual feelings for women stronger than for men?ĭo you prefer being kissed by a woman or a man?Īre you physically more attracted to women's or men's bodies?Īre your sexual fantasies about men or women?
