Gay personality types
Type most likely to be Woman loving woman, Gay, or Bisexual
Seymour said:
Actually, looking at it in more detail, the number of profiles per type vs the MBTI (US) National Representative sample is pretty different for men. For example, there are times as high a percentage of INFJs as were in the national sample, but only times as many ESFJs as one would expect. Is this because of bias in OkCupid self-selection, or some other factor? Hard to tell.
Still, if we multiplied out the gay male percentage per type (from OkCupid data) times the percentage of population per type from the model sample, we'd get (for lgbtq+ men of a given type as a percentage of the overall population):
ESFJ: %
ESTJ: %
ISTJ: %
ISFJ: %
ESFP: %
ENFP: %
ESTP: %
ISFP: %
INFP: %
ISTP: %
INTJ: %
ENFJ: %
ENTJ: %
INTP: %
ENTP: %
ISTP: %
INFJ: %
Which seems a little truer to life. SFJs still are very high (with ESFJs being the most usual type for gay men), but TJs fill the #2 and #3 slot.Click to expand
See I wonder how much of this is stereotypes and self report without any knowledg
Types
Some gay men use types to describe, identify and communicate themselves. Who hasn't heard someone say “he’s my type" or been asked if a guy is yours? There is always some disagreement around the terms we employ and whether we should use them at all.
Therefore, you should be sensitive if applying a type to someone, bearing in mind some gay men reject them altogether as narrow, superficial, and demeaning. Equally, some use types affectionately and as a convenient shorthand.
It's a bit of a bear pit (no pun intended), but here's our take on types, though you are perfectly entitled to cast them out and be your own gay, your own homo, queer, etc.
Physical types and personal characteristics
Some guys are primarily attracted to physical types of gay men (eg: bears, twinks, and muscle guys) while some find characteristics in men most attractive (eg: warmth, intelligence, and humour). Others mix and match and understanding these distinctions is important.
For example, the type(s) of men we find attractive sexually may not necessarily be the qualities we are looking for to sust
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Is character related to sexual orientation? New investigate, by Allen and Robson, published in the October issue of the Journal of Sex Research, provides some intriguing answers.
The five-factor model of personality
Before assessing the study, enable me briefly depict the five-factor model of personality traits, also known as the Big Five.
(You can assess your personality here.)
According to the Big Five model of traits, everyone has some degree of these five traits: Agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion (or extroversion), neuroticism, and openness to experience.
The adjectives below explain people high on these personality traits:
- Agreeable: Prosocial, cooperative, compassionate, trusting.
- Conscientious: Orderly, self-disciplined, dutiful.
- Extraverted: Talkative, sociable, assertive, energetic.
- Neurotic: Nervous, moody, anxious.
- Open to experience: Curious, open-minded, prone to imagination and fantasy.
People elevated on certain traits (or pattern of traits) may be more attracted to occupations or social roles t
Men and women who recognize as gay/lesbian or double attraction tend to show other personality traits to those who identify as unbent, particularly among younger adults. This is according to new research, published in the Journal of Sex Research.
Reviewing the data of 21 studies encompassing the information of more than , men and women, lead authors Mark Allen and Davina Robson from the University of Wollongong in Australia, carried out their study to check a hypothesis (known as the "gender-shift hypothesis") which predicts that sexual minority (LGB) individuals display attributes more typical of the other sex—such that homosexual men express more feminine-type traits and lesbian women express more masculine-type traits.
Allen and Robson investigated whether five major personality traits—neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness—differ across sexual orientation categories and whether these differences are consistent across age groups.
In relation to the hypothesized model, the researchers found small to medium effect size differences in personality tr