Editing Kinsey Reports (section)

===Sexual orientation===
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Parts of the Kinsey Reports regarding diversity in [[sexual orientation]]s are frequently used to support the common estimate of 10% for [[homosexuality]] in the general population. Instead of three categories ([[heterosexuality|heterosexual]], [[bisexuality|bisexual]] and [[homosexuality|homosexual]]), a seven-point [[Kinsey scale]] system was used.

The reports also state that nearly 46% of the male subjects had "reacted" sexually to persons of both sexes in the course of their adult lives, and 37% had at least one homosexual experience.<ref>Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, p. 656</ref> 11.6% of white males (ages 20–35) were given a rating of 3 (about equal heterosexual and homosexual experience/response) throughout their adult lives.<ref>Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, Table 147, p. 651</ref> The study also reported that 10% of American males surveyed were "more or less exclusively homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55" (in the 5 to 6 range on the Kinsey scale).<ref>Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, p. 651</ref>

Seven percent of single females (ages 20–35) and four percent of previously married females (ages 20–35) were given a rating of 3 (about equal heterosexual and homosexual experience/response) on Kinsey Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating Scale for this period of their lives.<ref>Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, Table 142, p. 499</ref> 2 to 6% of females, aged 20–35, were more or less exclusively homosexual in experience/response,<ref>Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, p. 488</ref> and 1 to 3% of unmarried females aged 20–35 were exclusively homosexual in experience/response.<ref>Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, Table 142, p. 499, and p. 474</ref>