A new way of looking at bisexuality

July 10, 2010
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Example Klein Chart

Example Klein Chart

Many readers will be familiar with the ‘Kinsey Scale‘ and ‘Klein Grid‘ methods of measuring human sexuality.

Both have their benefits and flaws, the Klein Grid in particular being a dry set of 21 numbers reflecting different aspects of identity and experience. One attempt to solve this online plotted all 21 into one single point on an axis – losing much of what differentiates the simple “where between gay and straight are you” Kinsey scale from the more nuanced Klein model.

So a new website that represents Klein scores in a simple visual way is very welcome – computers are good at turning numbers into pictures and for many people pictures have more meaning than lists of digits.

List of Klein numbers

Some people will prefer the numbers, other the graphs

Step forward KleinGridOnline!

The graphic marks sexuality and identity in the past (red), current (green), and idealised (blue).

Rest assured, normal service here at BiMedia will be resumed once we’ve all finished filling out the questions and looking at each others graphs!

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One Response to A new way of looking at bisexuality

  1. Klein Test « Self-Dispossessed on July 10, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    [...] 10, 2010 I just took this Klein Grid test thing online, as suggested by bimedia.org. Thought I’d [...]

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