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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

The problem with this is that one person can be on the spectrum at only one place at any one time.  I am able to be at two places at once.

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Bisexuality isn't ONE spectrum, it's two.  You could be attracted to one male in 1000 and 999 women in 1000 and I'd still call you bisexual. 

This is my spectrum:

Males
1<------5---X->10

Females
1<---X-5------>10

I consider myself bisexual.

But it doesn't matter much- pick who you want to be with and what you do with that person. 

http://www.collarchat.com/m_512292/mpage_1/key_bisexual/tm.htm#512379
understanding bisexuality

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ORIGINAL: domiguy
I think what the op has failed to realize is that you might get some sub to interact with someone of the same sex...Or when people have beein incarcerated they have been known to practice homosexual relationships....However, in each one of these cases the people would still probably identify themselves as being "straight."

It actually is rather insultive to think that people slide up and down the "gay" continuum...It suggests that someone can choose their sexual preferences depending upon where they are on the scale at any given moment in time. It would give the conservative straightees all the information they need to deem those Homos as being sick in the head...After all, it is just a matter of choice.

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ORIGINAL: yrstocollar

It's all good... I guess I'm still figuring bits of me out and just throwing ideas around to see if they resonate with anyone else.

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ORIGINAL: DesFIP

Okay let's say this is a bell curve. There are several billion people on this planet. Out of that huge number don't you think you'll get a hell of a lot of outliers? Being the points that fall at the far ends of the spectrum. And on a site such as this, devoted to power relationships you should expect to get more than a random sampling of outliers. Which, as it happens, is what you get.

Try doing your poll over at a nonpower site and you should get a lot more people in the middle of the curve, you know the ones who admit to a homosexual experience in high school. And who are fine tying their boyfriend to the bed posts with scarves one night, while having it done to them the next. Coming here to look for people in the middle of the curve is like going to a Christian site expecting to find lots of nonbelievers. Wrong place to look.

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ORIGINAL: domiguy

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ORIGINAL: LadyHugs

Dear yrstocollar, Ladies and Gentlemen;
 
It is my personal belief that there is a sexual 'slide ruler' per se, that an individual will go through life and experiences, self discovery to which in time is what will be the defining moment of who a person is sexually.  I don't believe it is exclusive to BDSM but, life in general.
 
I find myself steadfastly 'straight' and fond of gentlemen regardless of the sexual preferences.
For me, sexuality and preference is just one aspect of the total person.  I am drawn more by the total sum of a person's character.  I also feel that I have no submissive bone in my body anymore.  I think the only thing that causes my passive and civil state is duty to family and or blood relatives.  For all others--I wouldn't be happy in any other capacity other than Dominant.
That said, as a Master/Mistress -- slaves are slaves, so I could consider females as slaves to me.  I would have to take steps as to feed their sexual needs/desires as I would not be the one inclined to participate beyond foreplay and sensual arrousal.  To completion, it would have to be another individual who is comfortable in completing sexual rapture. 

You fee like that there is a sexual "slide ruler"..."per se"...But you make it quite clear that it has never applied to your sexual attractions because you have always viewed yourself as "steadfastly straight." Therefore, it would seem that you actuall live your life in direct contrast to what the op has stated.

I think what the op has failed to realize is that you might get some sub to interact with someone of the same sex...Or when people have beein incarcerated they have been known to practice homosexual relationships....However, in each one of these cases the people would still probably identify themselves as being "straight."

It actually is rather insultive to think that people slide up and down the "gay" continuum...It suggests that someone can choose their sexual preferences depending upon where they are on the scale at any given moment in time. It would give the conservative straightees all the information they need to deem those Homos as being sick in the head...After all, it is just a matter of choice.

 
Actually this is a debate currently going on in the Queer community -- the idea of choice.  It's an underground discussion because of the political implications of it.  Personally, for many women I know (and I consider myself Queer, having been in relationships with both men and women), I think the idea of choice does enter in (I won't comment on gay men because I haven't engaged this discussion with many).  I think, at some point, with some experience under their belt, some women make a choice.  Then that choice becomes more cemented within the confines of a community and shared sense of identity.  And for other people, there never was a choice, they really were born into the sexual orientation they embody.  I see it as fluid.  It's a hard political tactic (in fact, it's a shitty tactic and should not be attempted at this time).  The next move is to decide that a homo choice is a legitamate choice.  my very unpopular thoughts on the matter.  oh.. and fight the power.

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If you were to apply a percentage of domliness or subbiness to yourself what would it be? ie I feel dommey about 75% of the time...