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sexuality
Inspired by today's Gene Weingarten chat and by talking to a few friends of mine, here's a poll:
But first, to define some terminology: "Gal" is what I'm saying since neither "woman" nor "girl" is as age-nonspecific as "guy". Please ignore whatever patronizing connotation you may think "gal" has.
If "gay", "straight", and "bi" aren't specific enough for you, then consider "gay" to be kinsey 5-6, "bi" to be kinsey 2-4, and "straight" to be kinsey 0-1.
There are limits to the number of choices any poll can give (especially on LJ), but not limits to the number of different answers that are actually possible, especially with a charged question like this. Please, wherever possible, choose the closest answer even if it's not perfect. Feel free to elaborate in comments.
Now, then:
[Poll #1104392]
(As always, LJ lets you edit your poll results if you misclicked or something.)
But first, to define some terminology: "Gal" is what I'm saying since neither "woman" nor "girl" is as age-nonspecific as "guy". Please ignore whatever patronizing connotation you may think "gal" has.
If "gay", "straight", and "bi" aren't specific enough for you, then consider "gay" to be kinsey 5-6, "bi" to be kinsey 2-4, and "straight" to be kinsey 0-1.
There are limits to the number of choices any poll can give (especially on LJ), but not limits to the number of different answers that are actually possible, especially with a charged question like this. Please, wherever possible, choose the closest answer even if it's not perfect. Feel free to elaborate in comments.
Now, then:
[Poll #1104392]
(As always, LJ lets you edit your poll results if you misclicked or something.)
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The "not a halfway point" facet is frequently mentioned and increasingly acknowledges, but people often overlook the "long-term preference" issue ... or, they nefariously employ it as a way to arbitrarily assign someone as straight or gay.
It makes perfect sense to me for someone to be attracted to both sexes, but to have a preference for which they ultimately wind up with. We have a bisexual friend who recently married a man, but that doesn't necessarily mean she's "actually straight" for life now.