test your gender!

[TrinityHackMatrix]

i saw this site on another forum i'm on and just wanted to bring it here.

http://test3.thespark.com/gendertest/

-vicki :)

[TrinityHackMatrix]

tell us your score :)

i took it and got "You are definitely a woman!"

How do we know? Well, deep down, your gender affects everything about you, from your favorite number to your views on Canada. Many women who took the test think and act just like you, as you can see from the clusters above.

Statistically speaking, you are a chick."

[kperrty]

kewl...I got the same answer as Trinity....

[uzumaki]

Apparently I'm a man.

Uhh...

[jono]

:D i just took the test and apparently im definitely a chick! lol

[Glait]

Apparently I'm a man acording to the test. <_<

[Curlita]

It knew I was a chick too. I guess I'm not as androgynous as I thought.

[nuKKe]

Took this for the second time and came out as a man, just as I thought. This amusing, fun quiz' questions are based on popular-psychology 'facts', or rather I should say myths?
Let's not forget that your gender has nothing to do with your genitals! There's the biological sex (is there such a thing? We can question that as well) and there's the culturally dependent gender, which is nothing but performance.

...and thanks to Judith Butler for the distinction.

[mub]

Definately a chick here too. wheee!

[FearfulPenguin]

I'm definitely a chick. How boring! lol.

[kasey]

yeah, I tested as a man too

[hammerquill]

by gosh, I am a guy! I guess I get to keep the beard, then.

I'd love to see the formulas behind that and the weight they give to certain questions, which ones overrule others, etc. On some I knew for sure which camp I was being put in by my answer (not always male). And some were really interesting questions. And some were just funny.

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

They are 86% sure I am a woman. Hmm.

[AlienSpy]

They say I'm a woman (80% confidence) and they're right!

They say that my boyfriend is a woman (80% confidence) :huh:

Julie

[Serenity]

I'm now taking the test... a few moments later... and the results dictate that...

I'm a dude! Lol!!!

Hugs,
Danielle (who must get in touch with her femine side, LOL!)

[beja]

AHHHH!! the silly test doesn't even care what you answer for the other 49 questions.. its all about #47! Stop and think about your middle name for a second. Does it end with a vowel?!! answer yes and you're a woman. answer no and you're a man. try it! i went from being 80% woman to 80% man by changing my answer to that one question. this was realized thanks to my genius friend jeff.

[Aztek721]

Yup...same here... I went from 80% confident I'm a woman to 80% confident I'm a man just by changing the middle name thing.

Wouldn't work with my mom though...Margaret...heh...

[chunkymonkey]

I thought for sure I would be man but I got woman (which I am) :)

[AlienSpy]

My boyfriend's middle name doesn't end with a vowel and it still said that he was supposed to be a woman...

Julie

[kperrty]

Originally posted by beja@Aug 15 2003, 02:58 AM
AHHHH!! the silly test doesn't even care what you answer for the other 49 questions.. its all about #47! Stop and think about your middle name for a second. Does it end with a vowel?!! answer yes and you're a woman. answer no and you're a man. try it! i went from being 80% woman to 80% man by changing my answer to that one question. this was realized thanks to my genius friend jeff.
not really....my middle name doesnt end in a vowel.....and it judged me as a woman(which I am....lol)

[Curlita]

I second hammerquill's comments. I know I answered some questions with the stereotypically "male" answer.

I'm almost kind of annoyed that they knew I was a woman, I think because I hate to imagine that ANY of us are so predictable based on our gender. Hurrumph.

That said, I'm totally addicted to bizarre internet quizzes. How else do you find out that if you were a dog, you'd be a Bernese Mountain dog, or that Sting is your pop start soulmate???

[hammerquill]

;) I'm almost kind of annoyed at how !@$%*! addictive those quizzes are, given, well, how inherently dumb most are (I mean, how many questions do I need to answer to know that I'm Giles and my ideal date is Willow, or that, when it comes to LOTR, I'm a Purist?). thespark's are a lot more interesting, and smarter(by which I don't just mean more accurate), than most. Curse you, Trinity, for finding a new way to waste the day! ;)

[ssr-grl]

They're 86% sure I'm a man...

Funny, I didn't see a penis last time I peed....

And Kramer better start producing that "Bro"...cuz my man boobs are just too unruly.

And beja, my middle name ends in a vowel.

Maybe it was the truck...

:ph34r:

[Jeannala]

I had my mom do this and it said she's a man.(83%) But she did grow up with all boys, so maybe she thinks like a guy. In any case, I can't stop laughing.

[Curlita]

Yeah, my middle name (Sybil) ends in a consonant, and the quizz still deemed me at least 80% woman.

Vive la difference,
Curlita

[haptotrope]

Binary gender systems are boring. That is all.

[PleasantOne]

Originally posted by girl-who-loves-sharks@Aug 14 2003, 11:06 PM
They are 86% sure I am a woman. Hmm.
same here!

[cdonley]

My middle name also ends in a consonant - - and the test says:

I am a woman (Good thing - I think my husband will appreciate that!) :D

[itsnikki!]

I got female and I really am a female! Yayness!!!

[nuKKe]

Originally posted by haptotrope@Aug 15 2003, 04:21 AM
Binary gender systems are boring. That is all.
ditto!

[vintagecherry]

i am almost a man. but it showed that i am a woman. and yes, binary gender systems are superficial. yesh.

[VeronicasLovebug]

Says i am definately a woman....statistically speaking...a chick :blink: :D

[TrinityHackMatrix]

hammer:
Curse you, Trinity, for finding a new way to waste the day!


heeh no problem :) i also found a "belief o matic" quiz too on the other forum i visit.

here: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (99%)
4. New Age (85%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (84%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
7. Neo-Pagan (79%)
8. New Thought (79%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (75%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
11. Taoism (74%)
12. Scientology (71%)
13. Secular Humanism (71%)
14. Reform Judaism (65%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
16. Jainism (53%)
17. Hinduism (51%)
18. Sikhism (50%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (49%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (44%)
22. Nontheist (34%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (34%)
24. Islam (28%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
27. Roman Catholic (19%)

[TrinityHackMatrix]

i guess that didn't get anyone's interest.

[AlienSpy]

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. New Age (84%)
5. Neo-Pagan (84%)
6. New Thought (79%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (78%)
8. Hinduism (76%)
9. Liberal Quakers (74%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
11. Scientology (69%)
12. Jainism (67%)
13. Taoism (64%)
14. Sikhism (52%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
16. Secular Humanism (46%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%)
18. Reform Judaism (44%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (41%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
23. Nontheist (27%)
24. Islam (24%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)

[PleasantOne]

I thought it was interesting :) Here's me...

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (86%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (84%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (73%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (73%)
7. Reform Judaism (72%)
8. Sikhism (66%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (62%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (61%)
12. Neo-Pagan (61%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (60%)
14. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
15. Roman Catholic (57%)
16. Islam (56%)
17. New Age (55%)
18. Secular Humanism (55%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (54%)
20. New Thought (52%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (52%)
22. Scientology (48%)
23. Taoism (48%)
24. Jainism (47%)
25. Nontheist (45%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (39%)
27. Hinduism (33%)

[hammerquill]

What's funniest about this one is that it's got such a large, but oddly selected group.

Once again, for me, it would have gotten a more accurate answer if it had quit after the first question or three: since I actually said there were some bad things that were bad (I guess) it somehow got the idea that I wasn't an absolute atheist, though I am, and a lot of other answers should have made that obvious. So it has Unitarian Universalist first, and only got to Non-Theist at about #5.

I don't know, I bet many firm believers, especially of the big three monotheistic religions, would find it kinda insulting that someone like me who repeatedly answered that there's no God or supernatural of any kind nonetheless was rated as having a positive (though small) possibility of being a believing Muslim or a Catholic or an Orthodox Jew or whatever... I'm sure my grandfather (a devout Episcopalian) would find it bizarre, and I think my two devout Muslim friends would find it a bit outrageous.

[mysundown15]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
6. Nontheist (70%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
9. New Age (52%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
12. Jehovah's Witness (47%)
13. New Thought (47%)
14. Reform Judaism (41%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
16. Taoism (40%)
17. Scientology (37%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
20. Sikhism (25%)
21. Jainism (17%)
22. Hinduism (16%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (10%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (8%)
25. Islam (8%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (8%)
27. Roman Catholic (8%)

You have no idea how happy I am. I'm so glad that I'm not Roman Catholic :D No offense to those that are, my beliefs just are very, very different from their's.

Oh, and it's 80% sure I'm a dude. Cool.

[TrinityHackMatrix]

thanks for looking at this thread again! :)


my score was "27. Roman Catholic (19%)" and i was raised into a roman catholic family from day 1 hehe now that's my lowest score...but of course my beliefs are different, but i still go to church and daydream of something else. 1 hr of church isn't too bad :) LOL

my sundown hehe funny...

"You have no idea how happy I am. I'm so glad that I'm not Roman Catholic No offense to those that are, my beliefs just are very, very different from their's."

[TrinityHackMatrix]

yeah i also went to sunday school, wednesday school, etc... from when i was young till 11th grade. i was also an alter server for 10 years. i live a double life ;)

[mysundown15]

Originally posted by TrinityHackMatrix@Aug 17 2003, 12:54 AM
yeah i also went to sunday school, wednesday school, etc... from when i was young till 11th grade. i was also an alter server for 10 years. i live a double life ;)
Geez. I've been inside a church maybe 10 times in my entire life. Just baptisms and funerals. It's hard enough to get me to go for the important stuff, let alone on a regular basis! :lol:

[rennyren]

I am a woman and a "chick" but the image they showed me was a man in a dress, and I was right smack in the middle.. that is scary. At the end, where they say "Men tend to ____ while women are more likely to ____," EACH ONE, I got the man one... that is also scary.

wahhh.. i'm a guy inside!!! :<<<<<


AND>.. on the belief-0-meter.. I would like to say, "YEAH RIGHT!"

Your Results:
The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.



1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)
2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (95%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (83%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (73%)
6. Liberal Quakers (69%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (65%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (52%)
9. Sikhism (52%)
10. Secular Humanism (52%)
11. Nontheist (47%)
12. Reform Judaism (46%)
13. Neo-Pagan (45%)
14. Islam (43%)
15. Jainism (41%)
16. New Thought (40%)
17. New Age (39%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (32%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (27%)
21. Scientology (23%)
22. Taoism (22%)
23. Hinduism (18%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (9%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
26. Roman Catholic (0%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)

Just because I'm a Deist doesn't mean I'm one of them... ahhhhh... *shudder* No offense to Jehovah's Witnesses out there.. you guys just creep. me. out.

[mysundown15]

Originally posted by rennyren@Aug 17 2003, 01:28 AM
No offense to Jehovah's Witnesses out there.. you guys just creep. me. out.
:lol: Ditto. Any religion that "recruits" people isn't a friend of mine. Don't push your beliefs upon others, let em do their own thing.

[nuKKe]

Originally posted by mysundown15+Aug 17 2003, 05:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mysundown15 @ Aug 17 2003, 05:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-rennyren@Aug 17 2003, 01:28 AM
No offense to Jehovah's Witnesses out there.. you guys just creep. me. out.
:lol: Ditto. Any religion that "recruits" people isn't a friend of mine. Don't push your beliefs upon others, let em do their own thing. [/b][/quote]
by saying this you basically dis Christianity, you know? And the crusaders were way worse than any weirdo knocking on your door.

[haptotrope]

QUOTE (rennyren @ Aug 17 2003, 01:28 AM)
No offense to Jehovah's Witnesses out there.. you guys just creep. me. out.

QUOTE (mysundown15 @ Aug 17 2003, 05:42 AM)
Ditto. Any religion that "recruits" people isn't a friend of mine. Don't push your beliefs upon others, let em do their own thing.

I see it like this... While I'm not an organized religion person... but when I look at the door knocking, active recruitment tactics/lifestyle... I think... wow... You guys *REALLY* believe in something to get up at ungodly hours on godly days, to knock on the doors of people who slam them in your faces... that takes some tenacity. and just imagine, if everyone took it to spend one whole day, actively fighting for something that they really believe in... Rock the Vote, would have nothing on that revolution, Says I.

[Cuilanië]

86% confidence that I am a MAN?????!!!!!!! :lol:
[rolling around on the floor laughing]

Actually, I was expecting this. Every time I read something somewhere that says, "men are like this, women are like that"... I end up on the guys' side. I haven't dared read that Mars/Venus thing either, I'm afraid it'll just hammer the nails in a little harder... :D
Now I'm gonna try that other one. Wonder what'll come out of that?

- Eve

[Cuilanië]

I've been trying to answer the first two questions for the past 10 minutes and realised this : I no longer know *what* I believe in. I've been going through a major upheaval in my beliefs, and this is forcing me to face the fact that I'm still drifting in a kind of formless creed soup... (sigh) None of the proposed answers really suited me.

For better or for worse, here are my results :
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (88%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
5. New Age (62%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (62%)
7. Neo-Pagan (61%)
8. Secular Humanism (61%)
9. Reform Judaism (60%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (59%)
11. New Thought (50%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (46%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (46%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
16. Sikhism (43%)
17. Nontheist (41%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
19. Scientology (37%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
21. Taoism (32%)
22. Hinduism (27%)
23. Islam (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
26. Jainism (20%)
27. Roman Catholic (20%)

I'll simply note that I, too, was raised a Roman Catholic, baptised & confirmed... was an altar servant... read texts in church... sang in the choir... even gave out communion!!! I no longer believe everything they teach, or go to church anymore except on special occasions for that matter, but I wonder if there's something in the teachings that produces this reaction in people?

- Eve

[Rebecca]

they are 80% sure that I am a woman. That's ok, I'm 100% sure.

[dorsia]

It says with 86% accuracy that I'm a man.

In case you have no idea: I'm a chick.


Interesting.

[dorsia]

Little update: My boyfriend just took the test, and it says he's definitely a woman... :blink:

I guess at least our relationship makes sense!

[cdonley]

These tests are too addicting...


1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (96%)
3. Reform Judaism (93%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Jehovah's Witness (90%)
6. Sikhism (89%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (87%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (85%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (83%)
10. Unitarian Universalism (79%)
11. Islam (74%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (67%)
13. Seventh Day Adventist (65%)
14. Jainism (62%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
17. Hinduism (56%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (54%)
19. Eastern Orthodox (54%)
20. Roman Catholic (54%)
21. Neo-Pagan (52%)
22. Taoism (49%)
23. New Thought (44%)
24. Secular Humanism (44%)
25. Scientology (43%)
26. New Age (42%)
27. Nontheist (22%)


Where does just a "regular" Christian church fit in? (If there is such a thing anymore...?!?) :D

[Meika]

It says I'm a woman. How comforting. B)

[avataurus6]

well :o im 86% sure that i'm a dude ;)

thanks, trin! a wasted day for me, sooooo fun though. nothin like a sunday drive through quizland and memory lane at emode. they have some cool tests over there, some are even psychologist certified :lol: **deanna laughs as if she certifiable, because nothing should be 'certified'*** they're still cool though, some good iq tests, right job, wrong job tests there and you can share and compare results with friends. theres a really cool inkblot tests all you artists would love. i'll post it from the main board.


not taking the belief one, don't believe anything religiously. seriously....... i did take it and answered none of the above and not applicable on all and i turned out 100 percent bull crap on a lot of things i havent even heard of.

try this one, very interesting........ since everyone has moved to beliefs now.test your beliefs to see if you are consistent in them or if you contradict yourself.

Battleground God (http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/god.htm)

[mysundown15]

Originally posted by nuKKe+Aug 17 2003, 03:30 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (nuKKe @ Aug 17 2003, 03:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by mysundown15@Aug 17 2003, 05:42 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-rennyren@Aug 17 2003, 01:28 AM
No offense to Jehovah's Witnesses out there.. you guys just creep. me. out.
:lol: Ditto. Any religion that "recruits" people isn't a friend of mine. Don't push your beliefs upon others, let em do their own thing.
by saying this you basically dis Christianity, you know? And the crusaders were way worse than any weirdo knocking on your door. [/b][/quote]
a) That was a long time ago... things have changed
B) I'm not part of any religion
c) I forgot c, but it doesn't really matter :lol:

*gets back to watching the Exorcist :P*

[mysundown15]

I see it like this... While I'm not an organized religion person... but when I look at the door knocking, active recruitment tactics/lifestyle... I think... wow... You guys *REALLY* believe in something to get up at ungodly hours on godly days, to knock on the doors of people who slam them in your faces... that takes some tenacity. and just imagine, if everyone took it to spend one whole day, actively fighting for something that they really believe in... Rock the Vote, would have nothing on that revolution, Says I.

I never really thought of it like that. I see what you mean though :)

[nuKKe]

Originally posted by mysundown15@Aug 18 2003, 02:55 AM
a) That was a long time ago... things have changed

Not really. Christianity is still an avengalist religion. While not every sect recruits people and the inquisition is long gone, joining the Baphtist church, for example, is way easier than getting a high-school diploma.

[obsoletepostergrrrl]

letsee... i'm a woman according to them. I guess that is fairly accurate. the religion quiz was alot more fun. I am a little threatend that mormon wasn't lower. I was raised that way ( well, after my my mother left the catholic church) and I can't think of much else I would rather not be...

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. New Age (91%)
4. Liberal Quakers (89%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
8. Secular Humanism (78%)
9. Taoism (61%)
10. Reform Judaism (58%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
13. New Thought (57%)
14. Jainism (55%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
16. Scientology (48%)
17. Nontheist (47%)
18. Sikhism (45%)
19. Hinduism (42%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (32%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
25. Islam (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

[kittymao]

I'm on the odd border between man and woman. And at least my equipment is female. But it doesn't surprise me. anotehr test told me I was a bigger bastard than a bitch.

anyway. That belief-o-matic, while fun, was a touch uncomfortable. here's what I got. I don't know what Reform Judaism is, but Pagan- sure, makes snese.

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (82%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
8. New Age (77%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (72%)
10. Islam (67%)
11. Sikhism (67%)
12. New Thought (62%)
13. Scientology (61%)
14. Secular Humanism (61%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
16. Taoism (56%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
18. Jainism (55%)
19. Hinduism (54%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
23. Nontheist (38%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (30%)
25. Roman Catholic (30%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (22%)

[Seusomon]

I took this a few years ago, but forgot exactly how it came out, so I took it again. I am definitely as woman! (86% confidence).

And yes, gender is a different concept from sex. I like to think of myself as having "gender versatility". :)

Hammerquill, I'm pretty sure the thing works from a learning algorithm. At first, it has no information about what the "male" and "female" answer to each question is. But as people take the test, it accumulates statistics. Once it has correlation coefficients betweens answers and genders, it can then infer probable gender from answers.

Blessings, Tom

[cheshire-cat]

They're 80% sure that I'm a man... :blink:

[songofthewolf]

Well, I guess I am definately a man...

hehehehehehehe

[auntieemu]

Interesting. I am supposed to be male, but 34% bitch, average un-tellengince and I die next January before my 51st birthday. I'll try to have all my LMAO finished and in the mail before January.

[sarahfrances]

i just thought i'd throw in my ranty rant

because gender roles are socially constructed, tests like these can be written and be fairly accurate - assuming that we have learned our "gender." if we have accepted our gender role, we probably answer questions like these in predictable and stereotypical ways. this has nothing to do with sex, which i know someone mentioned before; it's all about statistics and the assumption that feminine and masculine traits belong, respectively, to women and men. outside of whereever this test was written, it probably would become less accurate since different cultures have different ideas about gender roles.

besides, if you looked at the little bar underneath the standing figure (my figure was a female body with a man's head, i think), it shows a continuum (which is what gender really is, if you ask me) and it shows how far over onto one side you are (based on this particular test, mind you). i was really close to the middle, which means that i did not answer most of the questions the way other women did (according to the test, anyway), but i was still on the "feminine" side of the continuum. based on that they said that i'm a woman.

okay, i'm done

[Redandpinkdaisy]

It says I'm a man ! Haha. :) Not last time I checked, but hey.

[mejaka]

Tom's right about how the test works--millions of test-takers have established the gender "norms" by revealing their real gender after answering all the questions. Like most Net stuff, it's heavily weighted toward certain cultures; but if all cultures could take it equally, the internal defining data for "male" and "female' would change to reflect the responses given by takers who identified themselves as "male" and "female." Gender IS a social construct as this test defines it, but could the test be taken by everyone in the world, it would come up with some sort of a conglomerate gender concept reflecting the most typical answers for men and the most typical answers for women.

I haven't taken it for a long time, but I was 85% male when I did. (I'm not).

It's also been a while since I took the belief-o-matic, but it did get my own religion correct. Some oddities followed in the list, but I found it interesting to see what came up, as it indicated that my belief system had more in common with those belief systems than I might have thought. That's how I saw it, anyway. Say I ended up with a rating of 60% for some religion I thought was weird, strange, way off base, totally different from my belief system, a bunch of cultist freaks. Maybe, the test suggests, just maybe--I have more in common than I think. Maybe my perception of them is...less than accurate. Maybe I'm even prejudiced--negatively judging an entire group based on limited and perhaps even indirect experience. Maybe a person can't understand Mormons by watching _Orgasmo_ or pagans by reading the pamphlets next to her pastor's office door.

As for proselyting...I guess someone could see it as ramming stuff down one's throat. Evelyn, the elderly JW who visits me regularly, is a really nice woman, actually. I quite like her. I don't much care for the beliefs of her church as described on its own website, but she's sweet, and someone's grandmother and I don't mind talking to her for a few minutes every couple of months. She seems far less intolerant than a lot of people who talk a lot about tolerance. It always interests me how often tolerance talk is coupled with criticism (sometimes mild, sometimes bordering on vilification) of people or groups judged by someone to be intolerant. Sometimes it seems tolerance means accepting only a certain group of people or ideas, rather than being tolerant of them all. In the holy land of diversity where we all are accepting and tolerant...do we have a separate room where we send Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons, much as mainstream Christianity has historically had for pagans and Jews?

It's kind of interesting to think about. I think sometimes that rather than become more tolerant, we've just turned the tables a bit.

[atomic_cocktail]

it got me right as a women.... it said because i chose drowning over falling and women typical don't like the word moist.

[Death_Or_Aldona]

I am a man.

My husband is a woman.


:huh:

[medeous]

"definitely a chick" :blink: whodathunkit?

[mstsien]

i'm definitely a chick, but i knew that i would get this anyway :P , 93% confidence

[lemur]

ststistically a chick-but Canada does NOT suck! So not hating Canada makes me a fuzzy barnyard animal? Oh well at least they're cute...Very strange questions,very strange

[Everyday Art]

....
Let's not forget that your gender has nothing to do with your genitals! There's the biological sex (is there such a thing? We can question that as well) and there's the culturally dependent gender, which is nothing but performance.

...and thanks to Judith Butler for the distinction.

Indeed!
Thanks to you nukke for that reminder! :D