Prevalence of heterosexuality
Heterosexuality is and was the most common sexual orientation. Heterosexuality is and was the social norm in nearly all societies, although there has been a recent upsurge of alternative sexuality and acceptance thereof in the modern urbanity of the post-industrial age. There are other times and places (such as ancient Greece) when other sexualities or completely different conceptions of sexuality were more prevalent as well.Heterosexuality usually implies an exclusive or predominant sexual orientation toward persons of the opposite gender. In some studies, however; notably Dr. Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) (ISBN 0253334128) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953) (ISBN 025333411X) ; analysis of self-rated sexuality on a continuum from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual along with analysis of behavior and identity suggests that the majority of people are at least somewhat bisexual, although usually one sex is preferred. According to Kinsey, only a minority of people, approximately 5–10%, can be considered to be fully heterosexual. [1] Kinsey's views are controversial, and not accepted by the community at large generally, nor the scientific community specifically, excluding the APA.
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