Modified Klein Sexual Orientation Grid

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This questionnaire is relevant to all people, male, female and those who have or are likely to want to change their sex (e.g. transsexual).

This Sexual Orientation Grid is a variation on the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid (for further information, you may wish to go to the Bisexual.Org site) the purpose of which attempts to measure sexual orientation further by expanding upon the earlier Kinsey scale which has been used elsewhere on this site. Klein uses different measures of orientation including Sexual Attraction, Sexual Behaviour, Sexual Fantasies, Emotional Preference, Social Preference, Lifestyle Preference and Self-identification.

Whereas Klein only asks for one response on the Past, the Grid below asks for the Past to split into specific periods, so that those of us who have lived longer can split our lives into more than one component. For instance, what happened in our teens is likely to be different to what happened in the following years, and indeed there may be progressive change throughout our lives.

At the end of the questionnaire, you have the option to request comments from the author.

Take as long as you like and be as honest with yourself as you can. Average completion time will be about 30 minutes.

We start with some basic questions about you (who you are cannot be determined from the published results and therefore cannot be revealed - if you wish to see the published results first, click here):

What is your name? (Optional)

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If this is a repeat, please restate your name if possible and that it is a repeat.

What is your age?

(Required Response)

  years

What is your sex?

(Required Response)

 

If "Other", please state why not male or female (e.g. transsexual born male, transsexual born female - if transsexual, please state at what age the change was made):

 

What is your relationship status?

(Required Response)

 

More than one response is allowed if this makes your status clearer - Hold [Ctrl] when making your selections by highlighting

If "Other", state what it is

(Use this for any entry if you want to explain further)

 

What brought you to this site?

 

What follows is a modified version of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid:

Score as honestly are you think you are able and think about only you.

This questionnaire looks easy but to get the best results, take it slowly and give it some thought. You can only give one answer per line.

For some teens, there were no sexual thoughts, so N/A would be appropriate here for such cases.

The "ideal" questions relate to "What you would really like" which can be interpreted to be what or who you think you really are if you were not subject to any constraints by society, parents, religion etc. Try to be very honest with yourself over these questions, if you can.

Questions

When scoring questions A to E, use the following:

0 = Other gender only, 1 = Other gender mostly, 2 = Other gender somewhat, 3 = Both genders equally, 4 = Same gender somewhat, 5 = Same gender mostly, 6 = Same gender only, N/A = Not applicable.

A. Sexual Attraction:

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N/A

To whom were you sexually attracted in your teens? (Applies to all)

To whom were you sexually attracted in your 20s/30s? (Applicable if over 20)

To whom were you sexually attracted in your 40s/50s? (Applicable if over 40)

To whom are you sexually attracted now? (Current year, applies to all)

 

To whom would you be sexually attracted ideally? (Applies to all - what you really really want)

 

B. Sexual Behaviour:

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N/A

With whom did you actually have sex in your teens? (Applies to all)

With whom did you actually have sex in your 20s/30s? (Applicable if over 20)

With whom did you actually have sex in your 40s/50s? (Applicable if over 40)

With whom do you actually have sex now? (Current year, applies to all)

 

With whom would you have sex ideally? (Applies to all - what you really really want)

 

C. Sexual Fantasies:

0

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2

3

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6

N/A

About whom did you have sexual fantasies in your teens? (Applies to all)

About whom did you have sexual fantasies in your 20s/30s? (Applicable if over 20)

About whom did you have sexual fantasies in your 40s/50s (Applicable if over 40)

About whom do you have sexual fantasies now? (Current year, applies to all)

 

About whom would you have sexual fantasies ideally? (Applies to all - what you really really want)

 

D. Emotional preference:

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N/A

Who did you feel more drawn to or close to emotionally in your teens? (Applies to all)

Who did you feel more drawn to or close to emotionally in your 20s/30s (Applicable if over 20)

Who did you feel more drawn to or close to emotionally in your 40s/50s (Applicable if over 40)

Who do you feel more drawn to or close to emotionally now? (Current year, applies to all)

 

Who would you feel more drawn to or close to emotionally ideally? (Applies to all - what you really really want)

 

E. Social preference:

0

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4

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6

N/A

Which gender did you socialise with in your teens? (Applies to all)

Which gender did you socialise with in your 20s/30s? (Applicable if over 20)

Which gender did you socialise with in your 40s/50s? (Applicable if over 40)

Which gender do you socialise with now? (Current year, applies to all)

 

Which gender would you socialise with ideally? (Applies to all - what you really really want)

 

 

When scoring questions F and G, use the following:

0 = Heterosexual only, 1 = Heterosexual mostly, 2 = Heterosexual somewhat, 3 = Equally heterosexual and homosexual, 4 = Homosexual somewhat, 5 = Homosexual mostly, 6 = Homosexual only, N/A = Not applicable

F. Lifestyle preference:

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2

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N/A

In which community did you like to spend your time in your teens? In which did you feel most comfortable? (Applies to all)

In which community did you like to spend your time in your 20s/30s? In which did you feel most comfortable? (Applicable if over 20)

In which community did you like to spend your time in your 40s/50s? In which did you feel most comfortable? (Applicable if over 40)

In which community do you like to spend your time now? In which do you feel most comfortable? (Current year, applies to all)

 

In which community would you like to spend your time ideally? In which would you feel most comfortable? (Applies to all - what you really really want)

 

G. Self-identification: (Many people dislike labels, but if this is going to work, it would be helpful if these questions could be answered as correctly as possible)

0

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6

N/A

How did you label or identify yourself in your teens? (Applies to all)

How did you label or identify yourself in your 20s/30s? (Applicable if over 20)

How did you label or identify yourself in your 40s/50s? (Applicable if over 40)

How do you label or identify yourself now? (Current year, applies to all)

 

How would you label or identify yourself ideally? (Applies to all - what you really really want)

 
         

 

How much do you think your "ideal" situation may have changed over the years, if at all?

(Applies particularly to those who are in their 30s and over, but anyone can respond to this if they wish)

 

 

Before you move on, look back. Do the answers look right? Do they represent you and you alone?

Background Questions:

It is important that you enter information here if you can as it provides context to the responses you have given within the Sexual Orientation Grid. Please answer as thoroughly as you can. If you need to look at what others have written, go to the Responses Page. This will open in a separate window.

 

How many sexual partners (including one offs) have you had, roughly, during your life time? (You can enter up to 9999 here if you really want!)

Opposite sex?                                  

Same sex?                                       

What matters here is whether it is a large number or a small number - if you can be accurate, so be it! Please don't count the same person twice.

What primary influences may have contributed to any changes in your apparent sexuality over the years?

(Required Response)

 

More than one response is allowed if this makes it clearer - Hold [Ctrl] when making your selections by highlighting. You may wish to expand on this in your history, below.

Please state here anything about your history which you think would be relevant to your scoring above?

Any information you can provide here would be immensely helpful to understanding why you may have scored as you have.

 

Comments: If you would like to make further comments here, you are welcome to do so.

These will not be published on the site and will be held in confidence.

 

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Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. Before you press the "Submit Form" button, please check everything that you have entered to be sure that you have said all that you want to say. We are not sure where this is research going to take us, but the idea is to collect a significant number of responses for each grade of sexuality to discover whether there are trends.

I would like a copy of my response:

 

 

Yes without comments - these may take several days to prepare and send out.

No

The option with comments has been closed. If you are in correspondence with the author, then these will be prepared on request for discussion.

My email address is:

(only if you want a copy of your response - this address will only be used for correspondence at your request)

 

Please repeat your email address as mistakes can be made!

 

If after entering your data, you feel you have made a mistake and want to repeat, this is possible but please state in the optional name field your name and that it is a repeat.

 

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