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| A monosexual is someone who is sexually attracted to one sex
(or gender) only, monosexuality being this capacity for
attraction or sexual orientation. A monosexual can be either
heterosexual or homosexual. The term is fairly uncommon, mostly
used in discussions of bisexuality to denote everyone other than
bisexuals (with the exception of asexuals, who are sexually
attracted to no-one). It is sometimes considered derogatory. The
proportion of people who fit into the category depends on how
one uses the word. If the term is used to mean exclusively
monosexual, then according to Alfred Kinsey's controversial
studies, only 5% to 10% of people are in this group. If the term
is used in a non-exclusive sense the proportion would be lower
and many people think that Kinsey's figure is too low, saying
that no-one is exclusively monosexual, and that the 90 to 95%
testing as such were just in deni