Reply to Feinstein and Galupo and to Zivony: Sexual arousal pattern is an objective although imperfect window on sexual orientation

Both Feinstein and Galupo (1) and Zivony (2) argue that skepticism about male bisexual orientation has long been beyond the scientific pale. As researchers who have studied this issue for two decades, we disagree. Regardless, scientific questions are settled by evidence rather than by votes among scientific experts (much less assertions about what such votes would reveal). We believe that Jabbour et al. (3) provide compelling evidence that men whose self-reported Kinsey scores indicate attraction to both sexes tend to have genital arousal patterns consistent with those reports. Both Zivony and … [↵][1]1Email: jm-bailey{at}northwestern.edu. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1