From at least the late nineteenth century in Europe, there was speculation that the range of human sexual response looked more like a continuum than two or three discrete categories. Berlin sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld published a scheme in 1896 that measured the strength of an individual's sexual desire on two independent 10-point scales, A (homosexual) and B (heterosexual). A heterosexual individual may be A0, B5; a homosexual individual may be A5, B0; an asexual would be A0, B0; and someone with an intense attraction to both sexes would be A9, B9.
From at least the late nineteenth century in Europe , there was speculation that the range of human sexual response looked more like a continuum than two or three discrete categories . Berlin sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld published a scheme in 1896 that measured the strength of an individual 's sexual desire on two independent 10-point scales , A ( homosexual ) and B ( heterosexual ) . A heterosexual individual may be A0 , B5 ; a homosexual individual may be A5 , B0 ; an asexual would be A0 , B0 ; and someone with an intense attraction to both sexes would be A9 , B9 .
What were the two scales defined as?
What were the two scales defined as ?
A (homosexual) and B (heterosexual)
A (homosexual) and B (heterosexual)