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Poll Results: Holden's Sexuality

Sexual Orientation Poll
Holden most likely is:
  
straight  (248)

56%

  
bi  (54)

12%

  
gay  (57)

12%

  
(can't tell)  (24)

5%

  
(don't speculate teen sexuality)  (58)

13%


Total Votes: 441
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36 Visitor Comments
(in reverse order, as usual)

he's a classic white #@&$10/6/00 4:54:06 PM
he is cool10/6/00 12:43:00 PM
He is obviously straight. Anyone who read the novel could see this10/5/00 2:50:01 AM
Holden seems straight even though he shares a dorm room with two males10/4/00 3:48:07 PM
He likes Sally and Jane too much to be anything but straight. Sorry to the other 44%10/4/00 2:47:50 PM
Remember Holden talking about the girl he almost had sex with but he freaked out , ummm,,hello!! straight!!10/4/00 1:43:44 PM
he is obsessed with the innocence of childhood cuz his brother never got his chance to fulfill it...therefore he tries to protect it.10/4/00 2:35:54 AM
he's straight, what throws people off is his sensitivity towards the innocent, but he's like this cuz he still hasn't accepted his brothers death.10/4/00 2:32:33 AM
Holden is straight so i dont know why people are saying he's gay or bi or whatever10/3/00 11:58:05 AM
My English teacher thinks Holden is a homosexual, I think she is sooooo wrong. (I have nothing against homosexuals and I have several gay friends)10/3/00 6:40:11 AM
The boy loves guys and girls!!!!10/2/00 8:46:06 PM
Polling about a book is no more wrong than testing on a book. Suzanne10/2/00 2:38:11 PM
that's great...yeah...10/2/00 2:14:15 PM
i believe he is a paedophile and is too obsessed with the innocence of childhood10/2/00 1:45:26 PM
i think that his fascination with children is quite worrying and could perhaps be a bit too obsessed10/2/00 1:44:23 PM
has to be straight10/2/00 6:27:58 AM
Thispoll is wrong. By creating it, you desensitise youths and the book. This takes away from the book and one of the running themes finding yourself10/1/00 11:53:10 AM
how the hell is he gay?9/30/00 2:54:34 PM
he's confused anyway9/30/00 5:29:25 AM
I don't think that he is anything else because he is still interested in girls.9/29/00 9:56:21 PM
this book is the bomb9/29/00 12:30:09 PM
silly9/29/00 12:26:26 PM
holden is a classic character so this poll shouldnt even exist.the masterpiece of catcher in the rye should not have polls9/29/00 9:33:48 AM
how does an opinion on a book's character speculate teen sexuality. Everyone has an opinion just like yours, who cares if they voice it.9/28/00 9:16:14 PM
There's no way he's gay! Salinger would have made something like that a much clearer undertone!9/28/00 7:18:23 PM
the dudes damn straight, theres no way he's gay...mr. antolini is though9/27/00 9:12:10 PM
he is a confused child9/27/00 2:25:08 PM
This book was gay, and so is he9/26/00 9:53:10 PM
straight9/26/00 7:45:17 PM
Regarding how I can ask this question, someone brought it up in the previous poll comments. I thought it was an interesting idea for a poll. Suzanne9/26/00 11:43:13 AM
you need a life idiots9/26/00 10:59:06 AM
How could you even poll this question? Holden is a young boy struggling with the death of his brother. He thinks about sex to fill the void.9/25/00 8:47:58 PM
straight, he has an eye for beauty no matter the form.9/25/00 3:43:47 PM
you people suck ____9/25/00 12:13:46 PM
he's confused...9/25/00 10:03:51 AM
personally i think he's gay. i know he's always talking about girls and how much he likes them. but whenever he's with one he never does anything with he9/24/00 7:07:23 PM


Poll dates: 23 Sept - 6 Oct 2000 (two weeks)

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