Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Poll - PLEASE VOTE!

[mijan]

I know that the sexual orientation and gender identity demographics of my friends list are NOT the same as the demographics and statistics for the population at large. However, I'm curious... what ARE the demographics for my friends list?

Please, help me satisfy my own curiosity and vote. Gay, straight, it doesn't matter. Real life friend or fandom friend, it doesn't matter. I want as many people to vote as possible. I want to get as accurate a picture as I can of my Livejournal community.

Please pick the answers you most comfortably identify with. This is about how YOU define YOURSELF. If I missed an obvious choice that I should have included, please forgive me for that oversight. I tried to hit the most obvious ones that I know.

The poll is anonymous - the public will NOT be able to see who gave which answers.

Thank you!


[Poll #1495147]

Comments

The next poll?

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

How would you define yourself?
Monogamous -- I am in a committed relationship that neither of us wishes to leave for a very long time.
Serially Monogamist -- I tend to have (relatively) brief relationships and when they end I find myself in a new one in a (relatively) brief time.
Swinger -- My partner and I have some arrangement that results in our having sex with other people.
Philosophically Polyamorous -- I believe that I can love more than one other person, but am not in a relationship like that right now.
Practicing Polyamorous -- I am in more than one relationship right now and all concerned parties are aware and okay with it, according to preset rules or expectations.
Polyfidelous -- I am in a closed multiple-partner relationship.
Some other thing not described above.

(Note: The above definitions are my understanding of the terms and may not describe all people who use that term. I am also obviously not completely versed in all possible terms. :) )

Re: The next poll?

[mijan.livejournal.com]

I'm actually planning to do something like that next. :)

Re: The next poll?

[elf]

I'd put that first one as "mono-amorous" (monamorous?) rather than "monogamous," which refers specifically to marriage.

There's a range between "philosophically polyamorous" and "practicing polyamorous" as described; having only one partner at any given time doesn't put polyamory into the "hypothetical" category, any more than being partnered with someone of the opposite sex makes one "philosophically bisexual."

It also makes a difference whether the poll is asking "what relationship(s) are you in right now" or "what relationship(s) do you seek?" There are single, polyfidelitous people.

Poly has some of the same problems as non-het sexualities: if they're not active at the moment, heteronormative society believes they don't exist.

(Also, whole quiz leaves out asexuality. Which utterly baffles me, so I have no idea how one would place it in the quiz, but I do know several people who are asexual. Apparently there are types? Maybe?)

Re: The next poll?

[rubymiene.livejournal.com]

There's also monoamorous but open to occasional other partners (not relationships).

Re: The next poll?

[elf]

I think that falls under "swinging."

Re: The next poll?

[rubymiene.livejournal.com]

I always thought of swinging as swapping partners, not so much threesomes or individually having one night stands with others.

Re: The next poll?

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

(Also, whole quiz leaves out asexuality. Which utterly baffles me, so I have no idea how one would place it in the quiz, but I do know several people who are asexual. Apparently there are types? Maybe?)

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Yes there are. That would be my Mother. Going on 20 years now. And masturbation is Right. Out. The woman is practically a nun.