Israel latest country to reveal over half of young people ‘not 100% straight’

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It seems the whole world is opening up in its approach to sexuality.

A recent UK survey found that 49 percent of Brits between the ages of 18-24 identify as something other than ā€œ100 percent heterosexualā€ when asked to plot themselves on Kinseyā€™s sexuality scale.

Israel latest country to reveal over half of young people ‘not 100% straight’

A similar survey in the USA found that 78 percent of Americans identified as heterosexual ā€“ but only 4 percent of that 78 percent said they were ā€œ100 percent heterosexual.ā€

Now, Israel is the latest country to jump on the bisexual bandwagon.

The Israeli website Mako teamed up with the Pannels Institute to conduct a study in which they asked 600 non-religious Israeli Jews over the age of 18 about their sexual preferences.

Once again, the results revealed that the younger generation see themselves on a sexual spectrum ā€“ rather than 100 percent homosexual or heterosexual.

Researchers found that 67 percent of respondents considered themselves to be heterosexual, but only 3 percent of that 67 percent said they were ā€œ100 percent homosexual.ā€

The remaining 30 percent said they were somewhere in-between straight and gay.

Last month, YouGov asked 1632 British people to plot themselves on a Kinsey scale of sexuality, from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual).

Israel latest country to reveal over half of young people ‘not 100% straight’

Among the population as a whole, 72% of adults chose 0 (exclusively heterosexual) ā€“ with just 23% differing.

4% ranked themselves as exclusively homosexual, with 19% identifying as somewhere on the spectrum in between the two.

However, among 18-24 year olds ā€“ who are likely to have grown up in a more accepting environment ā€“ the figures are shockingly different.

Just 46% of young people would rank themselves as 0 (exclusively heterosexual) ā€“ compared to 49% who picked something else.

 

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