Instant Gender Aptitude Quiz
Want to give it a whirl? Come on! No one's looking over your shoulder. Just choose the answer that most nearly matches your ideas, and by the end we should have a good idea of what we might call your "gender aptitude. "
- 1.Just why are you taking this quiz?
- A.
I'm not taking this quiz. I'm just looking through the questions.
- B.
This kind of thought-provoking discussion is extremely interesting, even though it doesn't apply to me.
- C.
I like to question things I've taken for granted. It changes how I think, and I like that.
- D.
Oh, I'm just a sucker for anything labeled "Pandora's Box."
- 2.How many genders do you really think there are?
- A.
Two. What a pointless question!
- B.
I'm going to guess there are several genders and two sexes.
- C.
Three? Four? Wait... five! No... six. Ummm... twelve? I don't know!
- D.
An infinite number. What a pointless question!
- 3.What exactly do you feel the basis of gender to be?
- A.
Genitalia, hormones, chromosomes, and brain structure. I mean, duh!
- B.
Gender may be a social construct; but it's based in, or influenced by, biology.
- C.
Gender is how we act, not what we are: we're all human, after all.
- D.
It's a lot of heretofore un-named social, biological, and psychological factors masquerading as a bi-polar system. I mean, duh!
- 4.Which of the following most nearly matches your own ideas about gender and sexual preference?
- A.
Birds do it, bees do it. Face it: heterosexuality is natural.
- B.
I'm straight, but sometimes I lust in my heart for... umm... other things.
- C.
Well, in theory, I imagine I could be attracted to anyone, no matter what gender they are.
- D.
Oh, come on! As long as no one's getting hurt, any pleasurable activity between any two (or more) consenting adults is just dandy.
- 5.How have you lived your gendered life so far?
- A.
I have been living my biological destiny.
- B.
I may have been living a biologically-destined gender, but I don't want to any more.
- C.
I've been experimenting: using bits of some genders here, and bits of other genders there.
- D.
Let's just say that in the battle of the sexes, I'm a conscientious objector.
- 6.Has anything you've seen or read about gender recently made you want to stretch your own gender?
- A.
No. I'm happy the way I am. Always have been, always will be.
- B.
Not really, but I might be more lenient when it comes to other people.
- C.
Yes, I might consider that... but it's a little intimidating.
- D.
Yup. Now I'm more determined than ever.
- 7.When you see someone on the street whose gender is unclear, how might you react?
- A.
Honestly? With some combination of revulsion, pity and bewilderment.
- B.
I try to figure out if it's a man or a woman.
- C.
I mentally give them a makeover so they can pass better as one or the other.
- D.
I probably notice they're staring at me, trying to figure out what I am!
- 8.Which of the following most nearly matches your definition for the word "transgender"?
- A.
It's some disorder that results in men cutting off their penises.
- B.
Being born in the wrong body, or having the wrong sex for your gender.
- C.
Changing from one gender to another, or just looking like you've done that.
- D.
Transgressing gender, breaking any rule of gender in any way at all.
- 9.Who gets to say exactly what gender you are?
- A.
It's not up to anyone to say. Gender is a biological fact: man or woman.
- B.
Gender may be a biological fact, but biologists are constantly refining their definitions... and that makes me nervous.
- C.
I'm thinking we're force-fed gender by a conspiracy of science, law, and the media. Oliver Stone should make a movie about this.
- D.
I do.
- 10.Okay, what's your gender?
- A.
Oh, please. I'm a real (man or woman).
- B.
Well, I'm a biological (man or woman).
- C.
I was afraid I'd be asked this question... I'm just not sure anymore.
- D.
Fiddle-de-dee... tomorrow is another gender.
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