Sell devised SASO, a test covering three categories: sexual attraction, sexual contact, and sexual identity. This considers that people’s sexual or romantic attractions may change over time, or if they are currently unable to participate in their ideal behaviors. It includes 21 questions, each asking a person to express their past, present, and ideal behaviors. Fritz Klein designed the KSOG to describe a person’s sexual orientation in a more detailed way than other tests.
Sell Assessment of Sexual Orientation (SASO)ĭr.
Since the Kinsey Scale appeared in 1948, several scales have attempted to update or define the criteria. People could also feel that their sexual orientation is not yet definable. Sexual orientation can be a deeply personal experience, while a person may wish to avoid defining their orientation. Similarly, some people may not want to be measured. A number may not adequately define the sexual orientation a person experiences. People may not feel comfortable identifying with a number for many reasons. The scale may also define a person on the asexual spectrum as not experiencing sexual or romantic feelings, when they may feel one or more kinds of attraction at specific points.įor example, a person who identifies as demisexual may not feel sexual or romantic attraction towards another person until they form an emotional bond with them. For example, a person may feel romantic attraction towards a certain gender, but sexual attraction towards another. People also may not find the Kinsey Scale useful. The scale only goes so far as to acknowledge that people may feel more or less attracted to the same or opposite sex or gender.
The Kinsey Scale reduces some orientations to being straight, gay, bisexual, or experiencing no sexual or romantic attraction. This may exclude people who are nonbinary, those who reject gender, and several other gender identities. The Kinsey Scale only measures attraction towards the opposite or same sex or gender as the person under assessment. This is a sexual, romantic attraction, or both, towards nonbinary people. There are many different sexual and romantic orientations, such as skoliosexual. While it can be useful for people who identify as straight, gay, bisexual, and to a lesser extent, asexual, it may not be helpful for others. The Kinsey Scale does not account for all orientations. There are some limitations to the Kinsey Scale, some of which the Kinsey Institute recognizes. People taking part in Kinsey Scale tests will therefore sit somewhere along this spectrum of sexual or romantic orientation. A person may have more than a slight sexual or romantic attraction towards the opposite sex or gender.Įxclusively experiencing sexual or romantic attraction to the same sex or gender.Įxperiencing no sexual or romantic attraction. Mostly experiencing sexual or romantic attraction to the same sex or gender. A person may have a slight sexual or romantic attraction towards the opposite sex or gender. A person may have more than a slight sexual or romantic attraction toward the same sex or gender.Įqual sexual or romantic attraction toward both opposite and same sex or gender.
Mostly experiencing sexual or romantic attraction to the opposite sex or gender. A person may have a slight sexual or romantic attraction toward the same sex or gender. Exclusively experiencing sexual or romantic attraction to the opposite sex or gender.