Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

Socialist

16 (32%)

Green

8 (16%)

Peace and Freedom

2 (4%)

Democratic

1 (2%)

Transhumanist

11 (22%)

Libertarian

8 (16%)

Republican

2 (4%)

Constitution

2 (4%)

Total Members Voted: 49

[TempAcc]

Maybe the bay12 community is like one of those reptile species that can change gender to equalize the sexes and prevent extinction :U

[pisskop]

I think it has to do with the 'stereotypical' part of the test.

We're not all raging football players, I guess.  Conflict has better solutions than violence, communication is important and we know this, etc.

_{^{but I am...}}

[heydude6]

On the test, I'm more feminine than masculine but I'm a biological male.

[SquatchHammer]

Well that was surprising for me.

64% male-72% Female.

The high amount to male is the surprising part for me.

[Tiruin]

Something new. Which stereotypical gender role do you conform to?

Spoiler: Well uh... (click to show/hide)

I SEEM TO BE STEREOTYPICALLY ARCHETYPICAL!

Beep beep. o_O
I'm wondering if this stereotype is the 'typical "west"' idea, because there are a lot of very...general characteristics that would be out of place even if applied one over the other towards one gender or not.
But then, this test is pretty...skewed. That rating scale isn't to be used that way, that well.

It's probably that you start at 50/50, and it's incremented or decremented by agreeing/disagreeing with gendered descriptors. So if you Strongly Agree with both masculine and feminine, you could get 100/100, if you Strongly Disagree with both - 0/0.

That's a lot of gendered things then. XD I didn't put it on the fully agree/disagree part though.

[Cheeetar]

I'm wondering if this stereotype is the 'typical "west"' idea, because there are a lot of very...general characteristics that would be out of place even if applied one over the other towards one gender or not.

I do think the test is incredibly west-focused. It mentions that it's been used with success in multiple different regions, such as the USA, Canada, and 'several European countries'. What little validity it holds in measuring how people hold up to stereotypes would pretty much vanish outside of that bubble.

[Tiruin]

I'm wondering if this stereotype is the 'typical "west"' idea, because there are a lot of very...general characteristics that would be out of place even if applied one over the other towards one gender or not.

I do think the test is incredibly west-focused. It mentions that it's been used with success in multiple different regions, such as the USA, Canada, and 'several European countries'. What little validity it holds in measuring how people hold up to stereotypes would pretty much vanish outside of that bubble.

Teehee, validity. x3
Yep, it's (it has?) pretty much vanished here. Tested it out with our 'local stereotypes' and it seems we rank along feminine whereas compared to what I assume is the time of when that test had a sense of reliability, it'd seem to be actual 'masculine' traits instead. Hah! xD

[Sergarr]

Internet surveys: confirming again that gender stereotypes are bullshit.

[Tiruin]

Internet surveys: confirming again that gender stereotypes are bullshit.

Yo. A stereotype by itself shouldn't comprise the foremost conclusion anyone has about anything. It is a general set of similar characteristics surrounding a concept, to make sense of that concept.
I mean the gender differentiation wars thing isn't even a permanent thing in the first place--it is due to the (over the generations) progression of society, depending on the area and specific place, and how things worked over years of people's lives. Main point is that they shouldn't apply in the first place, if used to label.

[Loud Whispers]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Stereotypical as fuck + 22% fabulous scarves

[Harry Baldman]

Oh hey, 17% masculine, 25% feminine. Don't think undifferentiated or androgynous is in any way a description of me (well, right now at least, I used to be confused for a really ugly girl all the time back in school), but all right.

[Steelmagic]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I have to say, regardless of anything the evenness pleases me.

Expected more masculine, though, as I have issues expressing emotion and showing sympathy, I do sympathize, I just can't show it. Also being frank to the point of seeming almost harsh, sometimes.

[Orange Wizard]

I used to be confused for a really ugly girl all the time back in school

I'm pretty jelly

[Rolan7]

Internet surveys: confirming again that gender stereotypes are bullshit.

This is what I came away from it feeling, too.  It's kind of a wake-up call...  I didn't really think a lot of these stereotypes were still taken seriously by experts.  It's no wonder so many guys are getting feminine results, it basically just means admitting to feelings and emotions instead of being a dominant loner.

But yeah, it's a good demonstration that there's more to personality than estrogen and testosterone.  Gender is an obsolete concept.  At least as a binary, and even as an euphemism for "passive emotional and needy" vs "dominant stoic individualist".  People just don't have to fit those molds anymore, at least in civilized countries.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[TheBiggerFish]

Internet surveys: confirming again that gender stereotypes are bullshit.

Also, confirming that I'm really not a fan of strong opinions.