Redlemon

Just to follow up, I had my wife take the test yesterday. She scored a -11. Who wears the pants in this family?

redarrow

20.. Im a man now.

Squishor

My score: 88-88=0.

Weird, I expected to be at least somewhat androgenyous, but not like that!

inharmony

-23 not a surprise really

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mockster

I scored a 38 which fits me perfectly. I'm not surprised at all.

hiredgun

I scored a +2. Almost exactly androgynous.

I agree with what's already been said above about this only testing our stereotypes. Then again, I suppose masculinity and femininity are socially constructed concepts anyway.

magnum_xxxl

I just took it and scored a 48.

Just out of curiosity, I think I'm going to have a freind take the test for me, just to know if what I see myself as is what other people see me as.

Redgirl

Ohhh, now there's an interesting idea! Gonna have to do that for primal.


I got a -18 when I did the test. I'd say that's about right. I'm pretty girly, but I have a more logical thought process than most girls I know. Unless you dangle jewelry in front of me, then logic goes out the window and all I can do is drool over the pretty sparkley!!

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lurkette

WANT SHINIES!!!

Heh - I'm the same way. Ratbastid claims I'm part crow because of my attraction to sparkly objects. We'll be walking down the street holding hands and I'll damn near dislocate our shoulders doing a backtrack to look at some good amber earings

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Redgirl

Holy crap, Lurkette, that's exactly what I'm always saying! I must be part bird because of my magnetic attraction to anything shiny! (I say "bird", so that leaves me open to at least being a pretty one. You should kick him for calling you a crow.)

I wonder if that isn't why we're both bellydancers- there's nothing like those sparkley costumes.

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lurkette

Heh - I don't mind being a crow. They're smart and resourceful, if somewhat annoying

And those sparkly costumes are SO much fun! I sometimes wear my coin scarf around the house just because it's so shiny and jingly.

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Bob Biter

+6 = Androgynous

I'm my own best friend.

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Pham

i got -3. guess thats makes sense, me being bi and all. im a male btw.

mo42

I'm kind of surprised by the fact that 1/3 of all females taking the test are masculine, and 1/3 are androgynous.

Mr Cassata

Oops, double-post... Sorry guys!

Mr Cassata

I'm male and I scored a -9... I'm androgynous... That's why the ladies think I'm a nice guy, but not a lover... Heh...

bad_husband

+43..... I honestly thought I'd be closer to the fem side of things but I was wrong. I thought I'd be more fem do to my fascination with cross dressing. But in other parts of my life I'm super macho guy so maybe the balance each other out

irateplatypus

+29 masculine. i'd like some of my female friends to take this test about their perceptions of me.

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Supple Cow

Rick James and I just took the test for each other - she gave me a 21 (woot for manhood) and I gave her a 35 (beaten at my own masculinity game). I guess that means that ubertuber and I can have man-to-man talks now.

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Suave

Quadro, certain traits are associated with masculinity or femininity because gender is a social construct, and in order to define the construct, the different genders must have specific characteristics associated with them.

jerry123

i think that male and female "social" qualitys are preety much superimposed by societys before us. the physical aspect of it can be understood thru sharing.

arriana_l

I came out being really feminine, and I am the biggest tomboy around Franklin Parish. But now when my guy friends tell me I act too much like a boy I'll tell them to look at my score results.

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PJD103

116/81/35 Lots more femine traits than I would have expected... unless I flattered myself!

jimk

anyone who likes rocknroll & is interested in this thread at all should dig up an old replacements (rip) song, "androgynous".......actually it's a piano ballad, so don't let their punky reputation scare you off!

sample lyric:

mirror image
see no damage
see no evil at all

kewpie dolls and
urine stalls'll be
laughed at
the way you're lauged at now.....

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aphroditeskiss1

I got a +6, which put me right in the androgynous area, which is interesting. I have always considered myself very feminine, however, I have a very strong personality and will defend my veiws and take a stance in very in your face ways. Maybe that's why I got that score.

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bberryt2

m 95
f 93
2 Androgynous

First I looked up Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem to see if there was any thought behind this test. Then I took it being as honest with myself as I could. I am a 56 year old male that comes out a 2. I guess I have mellowed with age. That feels just fine to me.

water_boy1999

well, I came up as +25. Not surprising, but curious as many of my friends would consider me a metrosexual.

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pinkie

My husband scored the same as me.

MasterOfDisaste

Masculine 116
feminine 98

bem 18

kifferfong

I scored +11 ... i guess i'm alright with it. I know i'm man enough, with some feminine traits

As for how reasonable it is to categorise traits as "masculine" and "feminite", i always have the belief that men and women just do things differently, think differently, and so on. There are some things that men are better at, and vice versa, and gender bias has nothing to do with it.

little_tippler

Does anyone find it weird that I scored -76?

Male: 44
Female: 120

Ultra Fem.

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To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

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Acid Overdose

I'm male and I scored "Masculine" or "Nearly Masculine"

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Stug

bem = +10

I'm a man, man!

Sweet, I always knew I had it in me...

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Ramallah

I ended up with 4, which makes me androgynous. I think it's somewhat hard to tell just through a self-test with a bunch of words. I'm confident and strong-willed, I'm dominant and aggressive in bed, and I have masculine physical traits. But I'm also empathetic, sensitive, and laid-back, which gives me high feminine scores.

Obtuse

Scored a 20, and I'm a bit surprised. I took this test right after I graduated highschool, and scored in the high end of androgynous. Granted, that was 14 years ago, but I didn't think I had changed all that much. Maybe only my image of myself has changed. I'll have to get my wife to take this for me.

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Frowning Budah

-5. That is probably close. My sisters often call me Girly Man because I can talk fashion and design with them and usually know exactly what women are thinking. I think that is because I have always been comfortable in the company of woman. However, I have never had a doubt abt my masculinity which allows me to experience things that other men might not be willing to expose themselves to.

braisler

I am a male and I scored a 28 (masculine). I have seen other more complex tests of gender roles though. I thought that this test of kind of prone to bias since the statements are so plainly addressed. Other tests I have seen phrase questions in more of a thought provoking paragraph format that might yield a more meaningful result.

Stick

I ended up with a BEM of 84. I'm a cave man. Grrr.

snowy

+31...

Evidently I'm very masculine. Not a big surprise. My roommate says I have more testosterone than he does.

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animosity

I'd say that is pretty much correct.

I scored +3 I am a neutral person in general. It is better that way.