Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare

Asked to plot themselves on a ʼsexuality scaleʼ, 23% of British people choose
something other than 100% heterosexual – and the figure rises to 49% among
18-24 year olds
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   heterosexual at 0 through to exclusively homosexual at 6. Where the
   original study had a large number of methods for placing people, YouGov
   simply asked people to place themselves on the sexuality scale.

   Taken as a whole, 72% of the British public place themselves at the
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   – classed as bisexual in varying degrees by Kinsey. Of the people that
   do place themselves in this 1-5 area, the majority incline away from
   homosexuality – 15% are closer to the heterosexual end, 2% directly in
   the middle and 2% are closer to the homosexual end.

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   With each generation, people see their sexuality as less fixed in
   stone. The results for 18-24 year-olds are particularly striking, as
   43% place themselves in the non-binary area between 1 and 5 and 52%
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   are completely heterosexual and 6% as completely homosexual.

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   People of all generations now accept the idea that sexual orientation
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   of people at level 2 have had such an experience.

   Clearly, these figures are not measures of active bisexuality -
   overall, 89% of the population describes themselves as heterosexual -
   but putting yourself at level 1 allows for the possibility of
   homosexual feelings and experiences. More than anything, it indicates
   an increasingly open minded approach to sexuality. In a further set of
   questions asking if respondents could conceivably be attracted to, have
   sex with or have a relationship with someone of the same sex (if the