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In the UK: 1 in 2 young people say they are not 100% heterosexual
YOUGOV UK ^ | 08/17/2015 | Will Dahlgreen

Posted on 08/17/2015 7:55:25 AM PDT by 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



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bisexual; heterosexual; homosexual; homosexualagenda; uk
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1 posted on 08/17/2015 7:55:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

ridiculous


2 posted on 08/17/2015 7:56:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

And yesterday, the other half said the same thing.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3325438/posts

Sexual orientation in the UK: Half of young people say they are not 100% heterosexual (WTH)


3 posted on 08/17/2015 7:56:41 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: SeekAndFind

So are the French and so many Islamic rag heads


4 posted on 08/17/2015 7:56:57 AM PDT by shadeaud (Be strong when you are weak and stand up for our Constitution.)
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To: SeekAndFind

We are seeing the effects of the loss of a generation of real men during the two wars of the 20th century.


5 posted on 08/17/2015 7:57:29 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: SeekAndFind

Do How Would One Square This With Claims homosexuality is genetic?


6 posted on 08/17/2015 7:58:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SeekAndFind

And would have guessed that young people could be so easily confused by all this PC pressure?


7 posted on 08/17/2015 7:58:49 AM PDT by GregoTX (Remember the Alamo)
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To: SeekAndFind

This kind of crap tends to happen to the young and confused who allow themselves to be bombarded 24/7 by the “everyone is doing it” homomedia.


8 posted on 08/17/2015 7:58:50 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind

And how much of this is the power of suggestion, because so many movies and TV shows push homosexuality nowadays? How many such shows make it appear cool to be gay???

when did it become cool to be gay?

At first we were supposed to be tolerant, live and let live. But then somewhere along the way, the situation changed, and now we are told to celebrate diversity. And we even have to bake gay wedding cakes by law now.


9 posted on 08/17/2015 7:59:00 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SeekAndFind

Anti- Darwinists!


10 posted on 08/17/2015 7:59:53 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: Larry Lucido

The UK has gone down the drain.


11 posted on 08/17/2015 8:01:03 AM PDT by Catsrus (M)
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RE: This kind of crap tends to happen to the young and confused who allow themselves to be bombarded 24/7 by the “everyone is doing it” homomedia.

50% of the UK are young and confused? I don’t think so.

50% of the UK are CONFUSED. PERIOD.


12 posted on 08/17/2015 8:01:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (qu)
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To: nickcarraway

Asking logical questions of the homomedia makes you a homophobic bigot. It isn’t about what is logical, scientific or consistent. It is about how they feeeeeeeeeel at any particular time.


13 posted on 08/17/2015 8:01:38 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Did they exclusively survey British rock stars?


14 posted on 08/17/2015 8:01:50 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Couples? Same-sex COUPLES?! Don't be such a narrow-minded hate-filled clusterphobe.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is real and sweeping the American Public School system as well. It has become “brave”, “bold”, and “cool”, to be bi-sexual. “Straight” is the new “virgin” of the 70s and 80s. How will this “Brave New Freudian/Kinseyan World” end? If history is any indication, not well.


15 posted on 08/17/2015 8:01:51 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: SeekAndFind

The pedophile alfred kinsey corrupted many children


16 posted on 08/17/2015 8:02:13 AM PDT by RginTN
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I wonder what the breakdown is between males and females.

Certainly modern Western Culture is going all out to portray to girls that being with another girl is OK, or even desirable.

In the age group mentioned, I see a lot more girls here in Sacramento who appear to be "experimenting" than males.

Downtown on a Saturday night is unnerving.

17 posted on 08/17/2015 8:03:18 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: SeekAndFind

When you consider that probably at least 10 to 20% of this age group is Muslim, you’re looking at well over 50% of white British saying this.


18 posted on 08/17/2015 8:03:28 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
when did it become cool to be gay?

That's all this is. Propaganda driven.

19 posted on 08/17/2015 8:06:00 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Mariner

I hear you. Like that stupid song by Katy Perry, in which she kissed a girl and she liked it. No way that song would be allowed on radio years ago. Nowadays, in today’s liberal social climate, it’s a groundbreaking big hit song. And some may well take the message to heart.


20 posted on 08/17/2015 8:08:10 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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