In the UK: 1 in 2 young people say they are not 100% heterosexual

YOUGOV UK ^ | 08/17/2015 | Will Dahlgreen

[SeekAndFind]

Asked to plot themselves on a 'sexuality scale', 23% of British people choose something other than 100% heterosexual – and the figure rises to 49% among 18-24 year olds

Invented by Alfred Kinsey in the 1940s, the Kinsey scale plots individuals on a range of sexual dispositions from exclusively heterosexual at 0 through to exclusively homosexual at 6. Where the original study had a large number of methods for placing people, YouGov simply asked people to place themselves on the sexuality scale.

Taken as a whole, 72% of the British public place themselves at the completely heterosexual end of the scale, while 4% put themselves at the completely homosexual end and 19% say they are somewhere in between – classed as bisexual in varying degrees by Kinsey. Of the people that do place themselves in this 1-5 area, the majority incline away from homosexuality – 15% are closer to the heterosexual end, 2% directly in the middle and 2% are closer to the homosexual end.

With each generation, people see their sexuality as less fixed in stone. The results for 18-24 year-olds are particularly striking, as 43% place themselves in the non-binary area between 1 and 5 and 52% place themselves at one end or the other. Of these, only 46% say they are completely heterosexual and 6% as completely homosexual.

People of all generations now accept the idea that sexual orientation exists along a continuum rather than a binary choice - overall 60% of heterosexuals support this idea, and 73% of homosexuals. 28% of heterosexuals believe that 'there is no middle ground – you are either heterosexual or you are not'.

But what does it mean to be at 1 on the scale, and what is the difference being here or at 2? According to the research, progressing further away from 'completely heterosexual' (0) towards the midpoint (3, or 'completely bisexual') increases the chance that you have had a sexual experience with a member of the opposite sex. 23% of those at level 1 have had a sexual encounter with a member of the opposite sex, while 52% of people at level 2 have had such an experience.

Clearly, these figures are not measures of active bisexuality - overall, 89% of the population describes themselves as heterosexual - but putting yourself at level 1 allows for the possibility of homosexual feelings and experiences. More than anything, it indicates an increasingly open minded approach to sexuality. In a further set of questions asking if respondents could conceivably be attracted to, have sex with or have a relationship with someone of the same sex (if the right person came along at the right time), level 1s were at least 35% more likely to say they could than level 0s.

See the full poll results

[Altura Ct.]

With enough propaganda and brainwashing we can all be a homo!

[Gaffer]

Normally, I’d say bullsh!t. However, one has to consider the mindset of a male. Of course, many men sometimes think of themselves as “lesbians” of a sort.

I very seriously doubt any of the non-homo male respondents were thinking otherwise.

[SeekAndFind]

Sigmund Freud posited that everyone is inherently bi-sexual many years ago.

See here: INNATE BI-SEXUALITY

He claims that all humans are born bisexual but through psychological development (which includes both external and internal factors) most become monosexual while the bisexuality remains in a latent state.

The gay pundit ( who debated William F. Buckley ) Gore Vidal also believed in this.

[Nevadan]

I was talking with a college student recently. I asked her what percentage of the population is homosexual. She wasn’t sure but guessed it was around 30%. She got that impression because of all the focus on the topic in her studies and the gay influence and presence on campus. When I told her the actual percentage she was shocked.

[School of Rational Thought]

So it isn’t just the accent? ;-)

[TexasCajun]

We shouldn't judge boys and men that think a stinky, filthy, poop-chute is an alternative to a vagina.

/s

I think Phil Robertson said it better though.

[Pining_4_TX]

Absolutely. Yet anothe reason to stop sacrificing our young men to fight for Muslims in the Middle East. It troubles me how many of the ones who have died were never married, didn’t have offspring.

[Pining_4_TX]

Freud was a loon.

[Pining_4_TX]

Well, some people would diddle an alligator if somebody would drain the pond. Bill Clinton comes to mind.

[Jan_Sobieski]

You probably know this, but Freud was diabolically evil. He was a rabid anti-Christian crusader. He turned our western Christian heritage on its head by claiming the problem with man was that "we did not love ourselves enough". That is like telling a drunk, your problem is not that you drink too much Alcohol, but rather that you need to drink MORE!

Jesus showed that man loves himself too much, and does not love his brother and God enough. Even suicide is the ultimate act of self-love. Tell most Christians this today and they will think you are "stupid" or "obtuse".

[AnotherUnixGeek]

This is what happens when conservatives give up in disgust on public education and popular culture. It’s easier to walk away from the sewage spill than it is to stay, clean it up and get dirty in the process, especially when your kids are involved, but it’s worth it for them and their future. Stand and fight to defend values in public education and mainstream media - the alternative is to watch values be re-defined by leftists, which is what’s happened in the West.

[amihow]

Think these findings prove that any misplaced sexual attraction when acted upon and becomes habitual is a lack of sexual control and of character.

Not like color of skin. Lack of sexual mastery. Weakness of will
Hmmmmmm.

[ballearthout]

They’re brainwashed by the schools and the media. Meanwhile, their parents are fighting out the war between the sexes over the dinner table. Divide and conquer.

[GoneSalt]

The Saturday morning that I threw my television overboard years ago, I had turned it on and in the midst of children’s programming they showed an episode of DeGrassey (sp?) High where Christian kids in the school had an abstinence rally and the homo teen hero knocked one of the Christian’s kids teeth out because “abstinence” was “hate”. The program went on to show all the concern and attention shown to the homo hero’s offended feelings...uh...whatever happened to the kid he knocked out? Dunno...just a bit player in this obvious reprogramming of children’s minds.

Want to be special and get people’s sympathy? Be gay and hate, kids.

[ballearthout]

Yeah, homosexuality is the new patriotism. lol

[servo1969]

It’s not cool to be hetero any longer.

[bgill]

1 in 2 are delusional.

[uncbob]

I don't believe this BS
Probably giving an answer they think is "in Vogue "

[Gumdrop]

Young people are bombarded with hormones every day, and then adding to their sexual identity crisis is a confusing assault on what is deemed normal versus PC?

Why should anyone be surprised at this poll?

[central_va]

Approves.