Men about themselves, or their women about the men
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These Results summarise responses from Men about Themselves, and from Women about their Men
The
chart presents a summary of returns at 8th February 2008, showing the
numbers of returns for each
Kinsey
number (assessed now), as returned by men, and by women over the survey
period from 30th September 2005.
The spectrum of Kinsey numbers from the responses is important as it shows a bias towards the gay end - this is to be expected as more people with gay tendencies (or their spouses) are likely to search for and discover this website and to respond to the questionnaires.
Although we have barely sufficient responses across the entire spectrum of the Kinsey Scale, we are reviewing the results for each Kinsey number to determine whether there are significant differences in situation and behaviour.
Kinsey estimated that 46% of the male population had engaged in both heterosexual and homosexual activities, or "reacted to" persons of both sexes, in the course of their adult lives. 11.6% of white males (ages 20-35) were given a rating of 3 on the Kinsey Scale.
Reviewing the results up to 8th February 2008, there were 182 men at a rating of 3 out of the 1285 who declared their Kinsey number (14%). There were 95 women out of 759 who declared their husband's/partner's rating at 3 (13%). These compare reasonably closely with the Kinsey findings.
Where are they from?
Before anyone panics, we have no means of knowing who people are who have contributed to the questionnaires, but we do have an indication of their approximate whereabouts in the world in some cases. These have been presented as percentages of the total (973) for men about themselves (as of 22nd June 2007) and of the total (574) for women about their men:
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Other contributions have been received from Algeria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Greece, Grenada, Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, Uruguay and Venezuela.
It can be seen from the above that at least two thirds are the contributors are from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. However contributions have been received from more than 30 different countries.
Discussion |
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Significant numbers of responses under each Kinsey number have been achieved. Feelings / emotions have yet to be reviewed. |
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These results suggest that the women view their husbands / partners as being further up the Kinsey scale than the men. In the men's responses, an additional number has been included (7) which is not on the original Kinsey scale. This was defined as "None of these". Several men have classified themselves as 7. There could be several reasons for this but some of the likely ones are:
The 7s represent a small percentage of the overall return (2%). |
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Men's ages range from 18 - 90 distributed as follows:
Declared by 1043 men |
Women's ages range from 18 - 72 distributed as follows:
Declared by 622 women |
Men's ages range from 19 - 75 distributed as follows:
Declared by 614 women |
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This
chart shows the age ranges graphically.
The age range to have the greatest number of responses is that from 40 - 49 years, as reported by both men and women.
Speculating, this may be because 40 - 49 years is the period when problems in many marriages start to come to the surface, 10 to 20 years after the start of a marriage.
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Men's responses:
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Women's responses:
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As might be expected, the largest group represented here is that which is married. |
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