Female, submissive, really, really straight.

I took a phych analysis test in college once that had one result I've thought about from time to time over the years, and I think some of it might fit in this discussion thread. I came out on this as 98 on heterosexual. Sounds OK until one realizes that this was on a Bell curve, which means the population in general had a mean of
50, and I was actually WAY higher on that characteristic than the average person and most of the population. (This was a standardized psych personality test and had been used on thousands, by the way. I also scored really high on empathy, if I recall.) At first I just thought that it meant that I was well adjusted in my sexuality. I'm not so sure anymore about that interpretation; although that is probably true too, I think that maybe it reflects more about the population in general.

My daughter made the comment recently that she had seen someone online say that "bi is the new black". There's a number of interpretations to that, but although I laughed at the time, in light of what I said about the psych test this makes more sense to me now. I think maybe our culture is at a time where people are simply expressing their true feelings more. I'm not sure what that means to our culture in general, but it is definitely an interesting time to live, and perhaps more accepting in some places. Who knows? (the test didn't get into Dom/submissive, but there are other aspects that could apply- like the empathy part, and if I recall, there was one on leadership. For example, I'm apparently not a leader, but didn't score highly on follower either. )

Like I said, it seemed pertinent to the discussion, and I'd like to see what people think Any aspiring grad students are welcome to take the idea and turn it into a thesis if they want, but I'll shut up now before THIS turns into one, which it's showing signs of becoming : )