How people really answer
Below is the anonymous breakdown of how people answer the SOI-R — question by question. No names, no scores, no identifying details: just the share who picked each option.
The baseline is a reference sample of 15,448 respondents, calibrated to the published 9-point SOI-R validation data — the per-facet means, standard deviations and male/female composition reported by Penke & Asendorpf (2008, Study 1). Responses from this site's own anonymous test-takers are added on top, so the picture keeps shifting as more people take the test.
For scientific context, the three SOI-R facets are highly reliable — published internal consistencies of α = .85 (Behavior), .87 (Attitude), .86 (Desire), and .83 for the overall score. The research also found the largest sex differences in Desire, moderate differences in Attitude (men higher), and the smallest in past Behavior among heterosexual respondents.
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Take the test →The baseline distribution is a reference sample (N = 15,448) calibrated to the published 9-point SOI-R validation data — the facet means, standard deviations and sex composition reported in Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008), Beyond global sociosexual orientations, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 1113–1135 (Study 1, Table 2). Responses from this site's own anonymous test-takers are added on top, so the percentages shift as more people take the test.