Random Scientific Study Suggests There's No Such Thing As "Straight" People (13 items)

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  (#5) For Years It Was Believed The Idea Of Being 'Mostly Straight' Only Applied To Women

  The Kinsey Scale introduced many to the concept of human sexuality as a spectrum, with many people not being completely straight or completely gay. However, there appeared to be an imbalance along gender lines when it came to people reporting themselves as "mostly straight." Dr. Savin-Williams (one of the researchers of the 2015 study) said:

  We've always recognized mostly straight women, that is, women who mostly are straight but if the right woman comes along, well maybe she'll try it out. We used to think that was only a female phenomenon.

  So while the 2015 study focused on women's sexuality aligned with pupil dilation and traditionally "masculine" stimuli, researchers acknowledged that a separate study needed to be conducted to observe sexual attraction in men to see if it matched up — a hypothesis Dr. Savin-Williams refers to as the "mostly straight male" idea.
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  (#11) Sensuality May Be More Important To Women Than Gender

  Dr. Chivers of the 2015 study observed that straight women weren't likely to experience arousal while viewing men in non-sexual situations. Instead, what produced the most arousal was viewing footage with a high degree of sensuality, which could involve people of any gender.

  Couples featuring a man and a woman, a woman and a woman, or a man and a man all drew responses from straight women. "Women physically don’t seem to differentiate between genders in their sex responses, at least heterosexual women don’t," she said. “For heterosexual women, gender didn’t matter. They responded to the level of activity.”
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  (#13) 'Mostly Straight' Men Are Becoming More Comfortable With Potential Experimentation

  In the past, the idea of a straight man having occasional sexual thoughts or activity involving another man would have had many thinking he's not actually straight after all, and cultural backlash around this has made it even more stigmatized. But researchers like Dr. Savin-Williams say that "mostly straight" males are real, and are becoming more open about it.

  "The mostly straight man belongs to a growing trend of young men who are secure in their heterosexuality yet remain aware of their potential to experience far more," he said. "He knows he’s not gay, but straight with a dash of gayness ... a relatively small percentage, say around 5% to 10%, of his sexual and romantic feelings."
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  (#1) A 2015 Study Said All Women Experience Some Attraction To More Than One Gender

  In 2015, researchers at Cornell University and the University of Essex studied the arousal of women when viewing sexually explicit material. In the study, researchers studied female-identifying volunteers and determined if they were experiencing arousal by observing eye dilation. The women were shown sexual stimuli, some featuring men and some featuring women. The result? All of the women, whether reporting to be gay, straight, or somewhere else on the spectrum, experienced some degree of attraction to both men and women. This indicated that individual women tend to range in their sexuality, at least when gauged on "male-typical sexual response" stimuli, on which the study was premised.
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  (#10) Measuring Eye Dilation Is A Proven, Non-Invasive Method For Measuring Arousal

  When studying arousal, the most direct way to measure would typically involve observing changes in a participants' genitalia. However, due to the invasiveness of that procedure, that is less than ideal. However, researcher Dr. Gerulf Rieger conducted a study that showed a 100% link between arousal and pupil dilation, which means that measuring the pupils alone can be enough to determine arousal in a participant. This, in turn, means it's easier to get people to participate in arousal studies if researchers only have to look into their eyes and not anywhere else.
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  (#8) Learning About The Sexual Spectrum Helps People To Be Proud Of Their Attractions

  As society learns that it's perfectly normal for people to not be 100% straight or 100% gay, it will allow people to be more comfortable stating their true sexual identity and accepting others for doing the same. "I do see this loosening of the boundaries," said Dr. Savin-Williams. "It's probably a good thing, because it gives kids growing up more diversity, more options." He added, "Straight women and straight men feel much more comfortable than ever before in going into the realm of the other sex in terms of gender role and how they act."

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