Marking Sexuality from 0–6: The Kinsey Scale in Online Culture

Drucker, Donna J.

doi:10.1007/s12119-011-9122-1

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“…The Kinsey Heterosexual-Homosexual Likert-type Scale (Kinsey et al, 1948 ) was used to assess sexual orientation. Participants indicated their self-identified sexual orientation on a scale of zero to six: each item on the scale was labeled according to the original version, where zero indicated “exclusively heterosexual,” three indicated “equally heterosexual and homosexual” and at six indicated “exclusively homosexual.” While there are many ways to measure sexual orientation (Sell, 1997 ), the Kinsey scale remains a valid and parsimonious instrument, particularly for online surveys in Western cultures (Drucker, 2012 ). As noted, we created three categories for sexual orientation: heterosexual (0 and 1 on the scale), bisexual (2, 3, and 4 on the scale), and exclusively gay (5 and 6 on the scale).…”

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The relationship of sex and sexual orientation to self-esteem, body shape satisfaction, and eating disorder symptomatology

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There is increasing interest in understanding what role, if any, sex and sexual orientation play in body dissatisfaction, its correlates to distress, and its relationship to disordered eating. The goals of the present study were to examine: (a) differences in sex and sexual orientation in internalization of societal pressure to modify physical appearance, components of body image dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and eating disorder symptomatology and (b) whether the internalization-eating disorder symptomatology was mediated by the different components of body image dissatisfaction and low self-esteem. The present data support several key trends in the literature: men generally reported less body dissatisfaction, internalization of socio-cultural standards of beauty, drive for thinness, and disordered eating, but a greater drive for muscularity than women; results also indicated that different components of body image dissatisfaction and low self-esteem partially mediated the relationship between internalization and eating disorder symptomatology. Gay men reported significantly more body dissatisfaction, internalization, eating disorder symptomatology, drive for thinness, and drive for muscularity than heterosexual men. Compared to heterosexual women, lesbians reported increased drive for muscularity, lower self-esteem, and lower internalization; however, they did not significantly differ on body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness or disordered eating. Correlation coefficients between body shape dissatisfaction and several aspects of mental distress were significantly larger for gay men than heterosexual men; the same coefficients did not differ between lesbian women and heterosexual women. Results of path analyses indicated that the relationship between internalization and disordered eating differs for gay and heterosexual men but not for lesbian and heterosexual women. These results call attention to lesbians as a generally understudied population.

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“…(lesbian, genderqueer -trans * ) Sexuality researchers have long noted that sexual orientation and sexual orientation identity do not neatly map onto one another (Morgan, 2013;Sell, 1997;Worthington & Reynolds, 2009). In fact, a benefit of sexual orientation measurement is the ability to disaggregate such measurement from the stigma associated with sexual orientation identity labels (Drucker, 2010(Drucker, , 2012. Our participants' responses are consistent with this notion in that sociocultural attitudes and sexual prejudice were often the reasons behind the putative discrepancies between the scores on the scales and their sexual orientation identity.…”

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Conceptualization of Sexual Orientation Identity Among Sexual Minorities: Patterns Across Sexual and Gender Identity

Galupo

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Grynkiewicz

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Journal of Bisexuality

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“…First, sexual identity was measured with only one single item instead of a standardized scale (e.g., the Kinsey scale), preventing us from describing sexual identity comprehensively. Future studies are appreciated to mark participants’ sexual personhood with a flexible number on a scale rather than an arbitrary label ( Drucker, 2012 ). Second, we did not consider other types of stigmas related to social status or identities (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status) and examine the effect of intersectional stigma.…”

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HIV-Related Stigma, Sexual Identity, and Depressive Symptoms Among MSM Living With HIV in China: A Moderated Mediation Modeling Analysis

Lan

Yang

et al. 2022

Am J Mens Health

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Depression is one of the biggest health issues among men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV, where sexual identity might play an intricate role. Yet, findings of the relationship between sexual identity and depression were mixed and few studies explored its underlying mechanisms. This study aimed to examine the association between sexual identity and depression, and the potential mediating role of HIV-related stigma and moderating role of age. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 203 MSM living with HIV in Guangxi, China. Participants provided information on sexual identity, depression, HIV-related stigma, and background information. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and path analysis were applied to examine our hypotheses. Bivariate analysis demonstrated that participants who self-identified as gay reported a lower level of HIV-related stigma and depression. Path analysis revealed an insignificant direct effect of identifying as gay on depression. Yet, the indirect pathway was significant, with identifying as gay being associated with a lower level of HIV stigma and thus a lower level of depression. This indirect effect was moderated by age. The conditional indirect effect was significant in the younger group yet ceased in the older group. The study provided information to better understand the effect of sexual identity on mental health among stigmatized sexual and gender minorities by highlighting the mediating effect of HIV-related stigma and the protective effect of age. Interventions targeting mental health of MSM living with HIV might consider placing greater emphasis on addressing HIV-related stigma among younger MSM.

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Marking Sexuality from 0–6: The Kinsey Scale in Online Culture

Cited by 20 publications

References 5 publications

The relationship of sex and sexual orientation to self-esteem, body shape satisfaction, and eating disorder symptomatology

The relationship of sex and sexual orientation to self-esteem, body shape satisfaction, and eating disorder symptomatology

Conceptualization of Sexual Orientation Identity Among Sexual Minorities: Patterns Across Sexual and Gender Identity

HIV-Related Stigma, Sexual Identity, and Depressive Symptoms Among MSM Living With HIV in China: A Moderated Mediation Modeling Analysis

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