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bladesparkIf women really do think the way they do because their brain chemistry causes them to think that way, I would not have just gotten this result.
Yes, I know that online tests prove very little. But on EVERY "men are like X, women are like Y" test I have EVER seen, of ANY type, I am like X. Always. Universally. But last time I checked I menstrate and have breasts. I am not overly hairy. I do not have above-average testosterone. I have no masculine physiological characteristics.
There are ways in which male and female brains differ. I am aware of this. But the idea that these differences are the reason behind the gender roles that we take is ludicrous. The differences in how your brain works do not cause men to be doctors and women to be nurses. They do not cause men to leave the toilet seat up. They do not cause women to drive badly. They do not mean that women communicate via complicated codes while men say what they mean, and women get emotional at the drop of a hat and men never cry. Those things have nothing to do with how your brain is wired, and everything to do with how you were raised. You are bombarded constantly with the idea of how men should be, and how women should be. But these ideas are based in a myth, not a reality.
In reality, men can cry. Women can be unmoved by emotion. Men can be cryptic if they want, and women can be direct. Men can buy too many shoes. (And they don't have to be gay to do so!) Woman can love fast cars. (And don't need to be butch either.) They can. There is no biological imperative to behave according to the stereotype. If you find yourself unable to break free of it, blame society, not genetics.
Happily, despite my mother occasionally wishing I dressed in a more feminine fashion, my parents did not insist that I conform to traditional gender roles. If they had, I'd be even more screwed up than I am now. They bought me Barbies, but they never expressed any disappointment in me when I preferred to dig in mud and fall out of trees. Bless them for it.
P.S. Harli, this is not just directed at you. You got me thinking about it again, but it's something I have been meaning to post for quite a while, actually.
Your Score: Masculine
You scored 66 masculinity and 46 femininity!
You scored high on masculinity and low on femininity. You have a traditionally masculine personality.
| Link: The Bem Sex Role Inventory Test written by weirdscience on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
Yes, I know that online tests prove very little. But on EVERY "men are like X, women are like Y" test I have EVER seen, of ANY type, I am like X. Always. Universally. But last time I checked I menstrate and have breasts. I am not overly hairy. I do not have above-average testosterone. I have no masculine physiological characteristics.
There are ways in which male and female brains differ. I am aware of this. But the idea that these differences are the reason behind the gender roles that we take is ludicrous. The differences in how your brain works do not cause men to be doctors and women to be nurses. They do not cause men to leave the toilet seat up. They do not cause women to drive badly. They do not mean that women communicate via complicated codes while men say what they mean, and women get emotional at the drop of a hat and men never cry. Those things have nothing to do with how your brain is wired, and everything to do with how you were raised. You are bombarded constantly with the idea of how men should be, and how women should be. But these ideas are based in a myth, not a reality.
In reality, men can cry. Women can be unmoved by emotion. Men can be cryptic if they want, and women can be direct. Men can buy too many shoes. (And they don't have to be gay to do so!) Woman can love fast cars. (And don't need to be butch either.) They can. There is no biological imperative to behave according to the stereotype. If you find yourself unable to break free of it, blame society, not genetics.
Happily, despite my mother occasionally wishing I dressed in a more feminine fashion, my parents did not insist that I conform to traditional gender roles. If they had, I'd be even more screwed up than I am now. They bought me Barbies, but they never expressed any disappointment in me when I preferred to dig in mud and fall out of trees. Bless them for it.
P.S. Harli, this is not just directed at you. You got me thinking about it again, but it's something I have been meaning to post for quite a while, actually.
