Why Do Millennials Want to Break Their Sexual Identity Down Into Ratios?
We have seen the statistics: Both millennials and Generation Z abandon strict binaries for both sexual and gender fluidity.
Beatrice Hazlehurst writes:
Instead of locking ourselves in or out of the closet, there’s a preference to shimmy along the sliding sexuality scale…
While the Kinsey scale represents an appealing sexuality-for-dummies approach, Auckland psychologist John Fenaughty says it can be incredibly binary. Fenaughty says attraction is far messier than ratios can explain, and percentages often ignore the nuances between attraction, sexual attraction, and how people identify themselves. The concept of a scale ignores the circumstantial and Fenaughty believes someone’s sexuality can move and shift across their lifespan.
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