The BBC’s “Sex I.D. Quiz” claims to help you determine if your brain works more like typical male or typical female gray matter. (Thanks to Wired for the link.) I’m not usually one for such quickie tests, which I always assume cut scientific corners somewhere, but hey, it’s the holidays. Let’s have some fun—especially since I figure readers of this blog are likely to be curve-breakers when it comes to gender averages.
I took the test and scored bang on the average for men—although I don’t identify as butch. I tend to dress up femme and dress down butch, with the truth somewhere in between. The types of reasoning and perception the quiz said I was good at seemed pretty accurate, though. If anything, this just proves how complex the whole spectrum of gender is. (Maybe “constellation” is a better image than “spectrum.”) Of course, this is what my brain really looks like.
If you take the quiz yourself, leave a comment and share what you think of the results, along with any other thoughts you may have on gender, neuroscience, or online quizzes.