simplicio comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 16 March 2010 12:00:47AM *  -1 points [-]

This is of course controversial but I've had a number of gay friends and acquaintances deny that there even are true bisexual men. The position they take it is that homosexuality is a binary, pre-natal development characteristic and that bisexual males are pretty much just gay men holding out hope for a normal marriage/family life.

No offense to those men here who identify as bisexual, obviously. This all may just be in group posturing and what not.

Comment author: simplicio 16 March 2010 03:20:24AM *  1 point [-]

bisexual males are pretty much just gay men holding out hope for a normal marriage/family life.

I dunno... I talked to a couple of (male, straight) friends of mine about this once. We all agreed that although we were straight, 100% would be an exaggeration. I think it's probably a continuum, although dominance/submission factors muddy the waters a bit too.

EDIT: I have now officially heard of the Kinsey scale.

Comment author: Jack 16 March 2010 05:16:10AM -1 points [-]

I don't think the fact that most straight men wouldn't say 100% is particularly strong evidence against the original thesis. It is consistent with the claim that sexual orientation for men is very heavily clustered at the poles of the Kinsey scale.