I'm actually fascinated by these men vs. women quizzes, mainly because I feel I am sort of a functional gender dysphoric. Basically, I identify as male, but I am very comfortable in my female body and have no desire to change it, and I also am sexually attracted to men but not women. So most people think I'm just a straight female who happens to be a tomboy, and I don't know how to really explain that being a "tomboy" just doesn't cover it. This topic has come up in several different places recently, mostly in my various poly mailing lists, but in personal conversations with friends too. So ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
omnifariousposted a quiz that is more than just some random kid making OKCupid quizzes that deals with differences in gender identity and raises the subject of Asperger's Syndrom (which I only recently discovered and strongly identify with ... but I hear that self-diagnosed AS people get a lot of shit from true-diagnosted AS people, so I won't go so far as to claim that I actually have AS ... just that it seems to make sense to me).
One of the things I'd like to see is a study done on whether there is a corrolation between the Meyers-Briggs NT type and people with AS, as it seemed to me on the very cursory reading I've done that many of the traits of AS are the same as my personality type of INTJ. With MBTI, they are merely personality traits, but with AS, they are "symptoms" of a neurobiological disorder.
Fascinating.
omnifariousposted a quiz that is more than just some random kid making OKCupid quizzes that deals with differences in gender identity and raises the subject of Asperger's Syndrom (which I only recently discovered and strongly identify with ... but I hear that self-diagnosed AS people get a lot of shit from true-diagnosted AS people, so I won't go so far as to claim that I actually have AS ... just that it seems to make sense to me).So, anyway, here are the results of my test:
http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/MaleFemale.asp
Systemizing quotient
Your score: 48
0 - 19 = low
20 - 39 = average (most women score about 24 and most men score about 30)
40 - 50 = above average (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score in this range)
51 - 80 is very high (three times as many people with Asperger Syndrome score in this range, compared to typical men, and almost no women score in this range)
80 is maximum
Empathy quotient
Your score: 8
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42)
53 - 63 is above average
64 - 80 is very high
80 is maximum
Autism Spectrum quotient
Your score: 31
0 - 10 = low
11 - 22 = average (most women score about 15 and most men score about 17)
23 - 31 = above average
32 - 50 is very high (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 35)
50 is maximum
Reading the mind in the eyes
Your score: 27
A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30,
you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions
around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult.
In other words, I am very good with systimizing and very bad with empathizing ... the two most common traits associated with males. And I am so extremely "male" in this respect that I actually fall out of the typical "male" range and into a category with a high proportion of people with Asperger Syndrome.
http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/MaleFemale.asp
Systemizing quotient
Your score: 48
0 - 19 = low
20 - 39 = average (most women score about 24 and most men score about 30)
40 - 50 = above average (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score in this range)
51 - 80 is very high (three times as many people with Asperger Syndrome score in this range, compared to typical men, and almost no women score in this range)
80 is maximum
Empathy quotient
Your score: 8
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42)
53 - 63 is above average
64 - 80 is very high
80 is maximum
Autism Spectrum quotient
Your score: 31
0 - 10 = low
11 - 22 = average (most women score about 15 and most men score about 17)
23 - 31 = above average
32 - 50 is very high (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 35)
50 is maximum
Reading the mind in the eyes
Your score: 27
A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30,
you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions
around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult.
In other words, I am very good with systimizing and very bad with empathizing ... the two most common traits associated with males. And I am so extremely "male" in this respect that I actually fall out of the typical "male" range and into a category with a high proportion of people with Asperger Syndrome.
One of the things I'd like to see is a study done on whether there is a corrolation between the Meyers-Briggs NT type and people with AS, as it seemed to me on the very cursory reading I've done that many of the traits of AS are the same as my personality type of INTJ. With MBTI, they are merely personality traits, but with AS, they are "symptoms" of a neurobiological disorder.
Fascinating.
