Biologist and sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey created the Kinsey Scale, also known as the 0–6 scale or heterosexuality-homosexuality scale, in 1940. The Kinsey Scale was first published in Kinsey’s [Page 1011]coauthored book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and reprinted in the subsequent volume, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). The Kinsey Scale was a visual representation of human sexual behavior, desire, and fantasy on a 7-point spectrum from 0 (completely heterosexual) to 6 (completely homosexual). Since its initial publication, the Kinsey Scale remains a popular tool for individuals to consider their sexual identity without using the words heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual.