Flattening them into a single number doesn’t account for those differences. Two people who are a 3 on the Kinsey Scale, for example, may have very different sexual histories, feelings, and behaviors.
There are arguably infinite ways to experience sexual attraction. There’s a much wider diversity when it comes to sexual orientation. Many are uncomfortable identifying with (or being identified as) a number on a scale While there’s an “X” on the Kinsey scale to describe “no sociosexual contacts or reactions,” it doesn’t necessarily account for someone who’s had sexual relationships but is asexual. This is known as a mixed or cross orientation. It’s possible to be sexually attracted to people of one gender and romantically attracted to people of another. It doesn’t account for differences between romantic and sexual orientation As the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University notes, the Kinsey Scale has numerous limitations.
