now this begins to be a useful approximation of orientation

[jinian]

from http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/issue/sample/a010339.pdf

Own sexual identity was assessed with a modified form of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid (KSOG; Klein, 1985). Participants were asked to rate four dimensions: their physical and sexual attractions/fantasies; their sexual behavior; their emotional connection; and their self-identification during the past four years along a Kinsey-type, seven-point scale, in order to examine what the meaning of sexual orientation was to each person. These four entries were summed to create a single value for the variable of sexual orientation, with higher scores indicating greater degrees of identification as a lesbian.

Comments

[kiya]

Hrm. I suspect I'm going to continue to feel grumpy about orientation models in general as long as they're stuck on the idea that sex/gender is necessarily the primary (and often, the only) trait to consider.

Which reminds me I need to go give oneironaut a shove. . . .