My biggest caution about this test is how some questions ask about your beliefs about society and gender in general. Someone could be a cis woman through and through but also recognize that someone’s gender can change over time, or dislike the gendering of a lot of things in society. I think it reads knowledgeable people who give a shit as being a little bit fluid and a little bit agender no matter what they actually experience of their own gender.
This was my experience taking that survey as well. I am pretty comfortably cisgendered, but the test flagged me as agendered, with the #2 category being genderqueer. I am assuming this is because I answered several questions disagreeing with traditional gender identities (read: toxic masculinity) and not having to put much conscious thought into my expression of gender.
The test seems to count a number of items against being cisgendered that I really think should not be the case. Someone can disagree with traditional expressions of masculinity and still consider themselves male.
That certainly seems to be case, yeah. But I think if someone has given this topic enough thought, they will recognize that and know what to make of the results.
And just generally, these tests surely can point someone in the right direction, but they’re absolutely not the ultimate tool to figure it all out. As long as people keep that in mind, they should be good to go.
My biggest caution about this test is how some questions ask about your beliefs about society and gender in general. Someone could be a cis woman through and through but also recognize that someone’s gender can change over time, or dislike the gendering of a lot of things in society. I think it reads knowledgeable people who give a shit as being a little bit fluid and a little bit agender no matter what they actually experience of their own gender.
This was my experience taking that survey as well. I am pretty comfortably cisgendered, but the test flagged me as agendered, with the #2 category being genderqueer. I am assuming this is because I answered several questions disagreeing with traditional gender identities (read: toxic masculinity) and not having to put much conscious thought into my expression of gender.
The test seems to count a number of items against being cisgendered that I really think should not be the case. Someone can disagree with traditional expressions of masculinity and still consider themselves male.
That certainly seems to be case, yeah. But I think if someone has given this topic enough thought, they will recognize that and know what to make of the results.
And just generally, these tests surely can point someone in the right direction, but they’re absolutely not the ultimate tool to figure it all out. As long as people keep that in mind, they should be good to go.