The Pot of Gold

I have presented my view of humans’ sexuality to many of my peers and have received the same uncomfortable look from nearly everyone. 

I was presented a theory by one of my college professors about humans’ sexuality, and found it to be the most sound idea of sexuality I have ever heard. It just made sense to me.

Innate bisexuality.

Sigmund Freud introduced the term to mean that all humans are born bisexual. Through psychological development, humans become either straight or gay, with their bisexuality remaining latent. His theory is based on a misconception that at early stages, humans experience a period of hermaphrodism.

The term innate bisexuality has transformed through research, and I find Alfred Kinsey’s findings to be the most sound.

Kinsey found that sexuality should not be reduced to binary definitions of simply straight or gay, there is an in between. In a research he did he found that 28% of women and 46% of men were attracted to or sexually active with both men and women.

Kinsey then created what is known as the Kinsey scale, a continuum of sexuality from straight to gay.

My professor presented the idea to me that no one is entirely straight or gay, but somewhere in between. A simple attraction to someone of the same sex can be defined as a gay feeling. And by attraction, I mean simply thinking wow he has a good body (coming from another ‘straight’ man) or, more often heard, she is really pretty (coming from another ‘straight’ woman). I, as well as my professor, would define this as a gay attraction. This does not mean, however, that it will lead to sex as most perceive this to be. Just a small attraction.

I present this to you to see what you have to say. I know that it is a pretty unconventional theory. What is most interesting about it is the reactions the theory receives from people of all sexual orientations. Most are bothered by being defined as something they might disagree with, or even be offended by my thinking. But hey, let me know what you think.