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0 and 1.5 for me, about as expected I think.

As per the necro bimp question, yeah, magazine sections can be a bit wonky and weirdly gendered.

If it's anything to do with vehicles, tech or even arts (photo...), It's for men.

If it's about food, clothes, house deco or puzzles, it's for women.

The 1970's are still quite influencial I guess...
 
I took every question with the "compared to men" approach which is pretty clearly meant to be the intent based on how the results are calculated.

I did too, and I even took the quiz making absolute sure to keep that in mind when answering, and I still got a 1.17 this time. It's because the quiz doesn't take into account that men and women are not the same in pretty much every society around the world (though I can only really speak to US), and the quiz and I are having trouble coming to an agreement on if it's sexist to point out those differences, even if that means coming to a better society where you're not more likely to go into certain fields or having a certain personality if your born a woman or a man.

For instance, question 3 is "Women seek to gain power by getting control over men." If I was supposed to interpret that as "Compared to men, women are more biologically predisposed to gain power by getting control over men," then yeah, my hostile sexism would probably be zero. But if the question was really asking that, then the quiz failed harder than I first thought and I don't think it was asking that. Based upon how I very reasonably interpreted the questions, it judged me on how I think the world is and not on how I think it ought to be, and that's why I'm above zero.
 
One of the questions was should women be protected, which I don't think they should be, unless you are around someone pregnant then should be a little more cautious around them, at least that is how I feel. Mainly give them more space as they are going through alot.


That statement was "cherished and protected by men".

And they wanted a "Strongly Disagree"

However, I feel like that assumes a gender neutral power balance in society to start with. In societies that don't respect their women, young men should absolutely be taught to cherish and protect the women in their lives.

Women shouldn't NEED to be protected, but sometimes they do.

Like, if the statement was "Americans should cherish and protect their minority groups", would the non-racist answer be "strongly disagree" because you believe all people are equal?

You can believe that all people are equal without blinding yourself to the reality that their standing in society is not equal.
 
That statement was "cherished and protected by men".

And they wanted a "Strongly Disagree"

However, I feel like that assumes a gender neutral power balance in society to start with. In societies that don't respect their women, young men should absolutely be taught to cherish and protect the women in their lives.

Women shouldn't NEED to be protected, but sometimes they do.

Like, if the statement was "Americans should cherish and protect their minority groups", would the non-racist answer be "strongly disagree" because you believe all people are equal?

You can believe that all people are equal without blinding yourself to the reality that their standing in society is not equal.

Yes, bingo, thank you.
 
I can't believe this has to be said. It seems like an obvious premise.

It's like your response needs to be quoted on every page.

When they say women THEY MEAN WOMEN IN GENERAL. HOW DO Y'ALL NOT UNDERSTAND THIS.




Also, some of y'all need warning labels on everything it seems. "BUT IT DIDN'T SAY EXACTLY THAT" well okay then.

It's a quiz, meaning it's their job to be specific as to not cause confusion. They didn't do that, and it shows. To be frank, while useful it was quite poorly designed. I'm not mad at the quiz or the author or anything, but it didn't strike me as more profound than a Buzzfeed sort of deal.

If I'm going to take a quiz I should put how I honestly feel and try to learn something about myself in order to improve my outlook on the world and the way I treat people. Here, I learned more about the quiz than I did my own self. Like after the first few questions it became obvious one should just "strongly disagree" with everything. That's just bad design.
 
I did too, and I even took the quiz making absolute sure to keep that in mind when answering, and I still got a 1.17 this time. It's because the quiz doesn't take into account that men and women are not the same in pretty much every society around the world (though I can only really speak to US), and the quiz and I are having trouble coming to an agreement on if it's sexist to point out those differences, even if that means coming to a better society where you're not more likely to go into certain fields or having a certain personality if your born a woman or a man.

For instance, question 3 is "Women seek to gain power by getting control over men." If I was supposed to interpret that as "Compared to men, women are more biologically predisposed to gain power by getting control over men," then yeah, my hostile sexism would probably be zero. But if the question was really asking that, then the quiz failed harder than I first thought and I don't think it was asking that. Based upon how I very reasonably interpreted the questions, it judged me on how I think the world is and not on how I think it ought to be, and that's why I'm above zero.

I don't remember any of the questions which deal with hostile sexism, focusing on traits which can actually be attributed in greater numbers to women, by necessity of living in a sexist world or due to biology. Anything less than "strongly disagree" to the statement "Women seek to gain power by getting control over men," communicates some belief that men can't trust women, in general. I don't see how you can interpret this statement as being something fair to say about women, because we actually live in a sexist society? Maybe I'm misunderstanding you?
 
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Some of the questions were worded weird, but I essentially disagreed with almost every generalization based on gender. Going by my personal experiences alone will only lead to flawed viewpoints that don't consider the perspective of everyone else.
 
For Hostile Sexism I got a 4

And

For Benevolent Sexism I got a 0

I showed my wife my results and told her to watch out because I might decide to keep my pimp hand strong with her independent thinking, back talking self, and earning more income than me for our family. She laughed and said it'll be the day I lose my "pimp hand". She took the quiz and called bullshit on it.
 
I don't remember any of the questions which deal with hostile sexism, focusing on traits which can actually be attributed in greater numbers to women, by necessity of living in a sexist world or due to biology. Anything less than "strongly disagree" to the statement "Women seek to gain power by getting control over men," communicates some belief that men can't trust women, in general. I don't see how you can interpret this statement as being something fair to say about women, because we actually live in a sexist society? Maybe I'm misunderstanding you?

For the quiz, I didn't consult any of the scientific literature on whether or not women, compared to men, seek power over men or exaggerate their problems in the workplace. Relying on anecdotes to shape my world view on women is probably the most sexist thing I've done in regards to the quiz over any of my individual answers. Can seeking power for instance be a trait actually be attributed in greater numbers to women?... Uh, probably? It doesn't seem too controversial to say that in any given society a gender might be more likely to seek power than another. I'm sure men in the 18th century were pretty likely to seek power over a woman who proved themselves better at something than them.

I wouldn't say the assertion that women seek to gain power by getting control over men communicates men can't trust women. In fact, I'd say that's a pretty morally neutral act all around. We have bosses, we have authority figures, and considering women are less likely to find other women in those roles, I wouldn't find it too surprising that women disproportionately seek to gain power over men who typically are in those roles for their own personal gain. Is my logic wrong? There's nothing wrong with any individual wanting that, just a byproduct of what we have set up.

Like I said, I'm fully ready to admit I'm being sexist for forming a world view based on anecdotes, but I was just trying to take a dumb quiz and tried to use all of my immediate resources to come to a conclusion. For reference, slightly disagreed that women seek to gain power, I strongly disagreed that women exaggerate their problems in the workplace, strongly disagreed that women try to put a tight leash on men, disagreed somewhat that women typically complain about discrimination in the workforce, and others that I don't remember. I don't think very many men complain about being discriminated in the workforce compared to women, even counting the ones that insist on ignoring their privilege and that whole can of worms.
 
For the quiz, I didn't consult any of the scientific literature on whether or not women, compared to men, seek power over men or exaggerate their problems in the workplace. Relying on anecdotes to shape my world view on women is probably the most sexist thing I've done in regards to the quiz over any of my individual answers. Can seeking power be a trait actually be attributed in greater numbers to women?... Uh, probably? It doesn't seem to controversial to say that in any given society a gender might be more likely to seek power than another. I'm sure men in the 18th century were pretty likely to seek power over a woman who proved themselves better at something than them.

I wouldn't say the assertion that women seek to gain power by getting control over men communicates men can't trust women. In fact, I'd say that's a pretty morally neutral act all around. We have bosses, we have authority figures, and considering women are less likely to find other women in those roles, I wouldn't find it too surprising that women disproportionately seek to gain power over men who typically are in those roles for their own personal gain. Is my logic wrong? There's nothing wrong with that, just a byproduct of what we have set up.

Like I said, I'm fully ready to admit I'm being sexist for forming a world view based on anecdotes, but I was just trying to take a dumb quiz and tried to use all of my immediate resources to come to a conclusion. For reference, slightly disagreed that women seek to gain power, I strongly disagreed that women exaggerate their problems in the workplace, strongly disagreed that women try to put a tight leash on men, disagreed somewhat that women typically complain about discrimination in the workforce, and others that I don't remember. I don't think very many men complain about being discriminated in the workforce compared to women, even counting the ones that insist on ignoring their privilege.

I don't think women who are actively seeking to gain power by controlling men, exist in any amount significant enough to give any credence to the statement in the quiz. Also, the way you frame your discussion of the issue, pits men and women against each other in a way that is often indicative of sexism. Yeah, there are women who want power and who are ambitious, but that doesn't mean they're seeking to get there by "controlling" men.
 
I don't think women who are actively seeking to gain power by controlling men, exist in any amount significant enough to give any credence to the statement in the quiz. Also, the way you frame your discussion of the issue, pits men and women against each other in a way that is often indicative of sexism. Yeah, there are women who want power and who are ambitious, but that doesn't mean they're seeking to get there by "controlling" men.

Is control not inherent to power?

And can you explain more on how I'm pitting women against men and how that's bad? The schism between the genders is there. We can't really look at fixing the problems either is facing if we're not looking at how they compete, the obstacles unique to each group, and why the outcomes are different.
 
Got 0/0.

This test sucks for reasons totally different from what other posters think it sucks; it literally has, in bright red letters, "IF YOU DON'T DISAGREE YOU'RE SEXIST" on top of basically every question.
 
The questions are absolute trash. "Should men cherish and protect women". Why can't i just cherish them. Sure i can protect women too, but not because they are women.
 
The questions are absolute trash. "Should men cherish and protect women". Why can't i just cherish them. Sure i can protect women too, but not because they are women.

The wording is horrible, but it basically just means: "should men inherently cherish and protect women simply because they're women instead of because they're fellow humans", which honestly is still a garbage question if you want to get a real answer from people.
 
Pretty stupid quizz. I mean who wouldn't just answer with "disagree strongly" to every item?
Clearly you and many others have no idea why these questionnaires are structured the way the are.

The idea is not to choose the "right" answer to get the score you want.

I don't disagree strongly that women should be protected or that a man should have a woman to adore so why would I answer that way.
 
Clearly you and many others have no idea why these questionnaires are structured the way the are.

The idea is not to choose the "right" answer to get the score you want.

I don't disagree strongly that women should be protected or that a man should have a woman to adore so why would I answer that way.

What about men that simply protect every fellow human being? Or men that would rather adore other men?
 
But like, why? So you can post your score anonymously on an internet forum for cred?

Just answer honestly. Who gives a fuck what your score is.

Because beyond their trash wording, any sensible person would simply answer "disagree strongly"; do you honestly think women are more likely to complain about unfairness than men? Or that a women deserve special protection simply because they're women and not because they're people like you and me?
 
What about men that simply protect every fellow human being? Or men that would rather adore other men?

What about them? I'm not answering on behalf of all men.

Because beyond their trash wording, any sensible person would simply answer "disagree strongly"; do you honestly think women are more likely to complain about unfairness than men? Or that a women deserve special protection simply because they're women and not because they're people like you and me?


I'm a sensible person. I didn't answer "disagree strongly" to every question. I believe in women and children first. I believe every man should have a woman to cherish (gender preferences aside) and yes, in my own personal experience, I "slightly agree" that women tend to complain more about unfairness at work.

Guess what, according to the test that makes me a little bit sexist and gives me something to think about. That's the whole point of this questionnaire.

Yeah, I could have chosen answers that would have resulted in a zero but what would be the point beyond proving to the anonymous guys and gals of neogaf that I'm totally woke?
 
.5 Hostile
1 Benevolent

I think I would score lower with a more in-depth quiz. I expected more nuance out of this one at first. Turns out you get 0 and 0 if you just disagree strongly to everything.
 
Is control not inherent to power?

And can you explain more on how I'm pitting women against men and how that's bad? The schism between the genders is there. We can't really look at fixing the problems either is facing if we're not looking at how they compete, the obstacles unique to each group, and why the outcomes are different.

It doesn't have to be about competition and it doesn't have to be a zero sum game where women gain power at the expense of men. I don't view men as competition that I need to control and I don't believe I have ever met a woman with this frame of mind (or at least not one that has ever expressed it). Unfortunately it is something I've heard repeated by men and its a viewpoint that is associated with misogyny, because it's often used as a justification for why women should be oppressed. If you believe the sexes are always in competition, then someone has to win and someone has to lose. It's a way of justifying making women the "losers."

When I think of power, I don't think of control over others. I think of control over myself and freedom of choice and opportunity. When I think of having power in the work force and being promoted, I don't think: "How can I control a man, so I can gain his power?" I think: "How can I do my job better, so I get recognized at work?"

You are right that there are differences between the genders, but you're twisting those differences to find justification for viewing us as being in competition. The differences between the sexes are things like: Testosterone leads to more aggressive behavior and women are less likely to go out alone at night. It's not: Women and men are in constant competition to control each other and gain more power.

So on one end you have "strongly disagree" which is associated with the belief that men and women are not fighting to control each other and rather can obtain equality. And on the other end you have "strongly agree" which is associated with the belief that someone has to be subjugated (and guess who)?

(Also, sorry for being so brief in my last post. You offered a full explanation of your position and I intended to respond more fully back, but my toddler woke up and I had to cheez-it out of here).
 
I've made my own quiz that is just as accurate and is much shorter

Do u think women shud b only insid kitchin¿
If yes = Sexis
If no = Famenis
 
hostile: 0
benevolent: .17

That was a bad quiz, it offers no nuance and was worded in a way that has you create a personal stereotype of woman, thus undermining what it seems the point was.
 
Too many people defending this test. If a quiz can be aced by hitting the same answer over and over, it's set up poorly.
The test is being administered under the pretense of you having to defend yourself for not being sexist. It's near worthless in a context like this, and in the context of the article because you are primed a certain way to get a certain result. IMO there's questions about content validity, but overall it's a pretty reliable and cross-culturally validated measure.

By most measures that count, it's a really good measure that is good at doing what it's intended to do, with a lot of intentional design choices that from the untrained eye (read: damn near all the replies above) look like garbage or conflation (i.e. double-barrelling). But the data and the pretenses under which people are reading the article and completing it under? Garbage.

And it's been pointed out, but yeah, you can't "ace" a measure like this. That's not how it works.
 
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