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Gender meme

From sorsha_khan, a quick survey thingy, basically about gender stereotypes. Because I'm bored and don't want to go to bed because I know I won't be able to sleep.

YOUR BOY SIDE:

[] you love hoodies
[x] you love jeans
[] you like dogs better than cats
[] it's hilarious when people get hurt
[x] shopping is torture
[x] sad movies suck
[x] you play XBOX 360/ PS2 / PS3/Wii
[x] you played with Hot Wheels / Matchbox as a little kid (No, but I played with model fighter planes and tanks)
[x] at some point in life you wanted to be a fire-fighter (It was a fighter pilot in my case, so I'm going to count that)
[x] you own a DS PS2 or Sega
[] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers
[x] you watch sports on TV (selected ones)
[] gory movies are FTW (I do however like a good explosion)
[] you go to your dad for advice
[x] you own like a trillion baseball hats (well, about five anyway)
[] you used to collect baseball collector cards
[x] baggy sweat pants are comfortable to wear
[x] it's kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[x] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colours
[x] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think
[x] sports are fun (some are)
[] you talk with food in your mouth
[] you have fished at least once

TOTAL = 14/23

YOUR GIRL SIDE:

[] you love to shop
[x] you wear make up
[] you wear the colour pink
[] you go to your mom for advice
[] you consider cheerleading a sport
[x] you like cats better than dogs
[] you hate wearing the colour black
[] you like going to the mall
[x] you like wearing jewellery
[] you cried watching A Walk to Remember (What is this?)
[] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe
[] shopping is one of your favourite hobbies
[] you take around an hour to shower
[] you are/were in gymnastics/tumbling/cheerleading
[] you smile a lot more than you should
[x] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes (but at least six are Crocs and three trainers)
[] you like wearing dresses when you can
[] you like wearing body spray/perfume
[] you like high heel shoes
[] you like putting makeup on others
[] pink is one of your favourite colours
[] you laugh more than you breathe
[x] you absolutely love chocolate

TOTAL = 5/23

Of course, this is based on shocking stereotypes, but I suppose it shows how little I conform to them. Actually I believe there are more differences between individuals than between the averaged-out genders, but maybe that's because I tend to know other geeky types.

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Hmm, I appear to score 7 male points and 2 female ones. *is wearing baggy sweatpants and a hoodie right now*

at some point in life you wanted to be a fire-fighter

I didn't, but I got to wield a fire hose once, and it was very cool. :)

Only 7? I like sweatshirts, but not with hoods; they annoy me. And which were the female ones--apart from the cats one, anyway?

like sweatshirts, but not with hoods; they annoy me.

I find a hoodie is ideal for the weather here a lot of the time, as it's often chilly but not cold enough for an actual coat, and windy enough that you want something over your ears. Also, they're comfy.

And which were the female ones--apart from the cats one, anyway?

Cats and chocolate. Two excellent things in life. :)

My total scores were very similar to yours (though I wear neither baggy sweatpants nor hoodies).
Incidentally, wouldn't anyone who laughed more than they breathed be dead? :)

I suppose it's theoretically possible to laugh while inhaling... :)

YOUR BOY SIDE:

[] you love hoodies
[] you love jeans
[] you like dogs better than cats
[] it's hilarious when people get hurt
[x] shopping is torture
[] sad movies suck
[] you play XBOX 360/ PS2 / PS3/Wii
[] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid
[x] at some point in life you wanted to be a fire-fighter (no, but I think an astronaut ought to count just as well!)
[] you own a DS PS2 or Sega
[] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers
[] you watch sports on TV
[] gory movies are FTW
[] you go to your dad for advice
[] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[] you used to collect baseball collector cards
[] baggy sweat pants are comfortable to wear
[x] it's kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[x] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colours
[x] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think
[] sports are fun
[] you talk with food in your mouth
[] you have fished at least once

TOTAL = 5/23

YOUR GIRL SIDE:

[] you love to shop
[x] you wear make up
[] you wear the colour pink
[] you go to your mom for advice
[] you consider cheerleading a sport
[x] you like cats better than dogs
[] you hate wearing the colour black
[] you like going to the mall
[x] you like wearing jewellery
[] you cried watching A Walk to Remember (What is this?)
[x] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe
[] shopping is one of your favourite hobbies
[] you take around an hour shower
[] you are/were in gymnastics/tumbling/cheerleading
[] you smile a lot more than you should
[] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes
[] you like wearing dresses when you can
[] you like wearing body spray/perfume
[] you like high heel shoes
[] you like putting makeup on others
[] pink is one of your favourite colours
[] you laugh more than you breathe
[x] you absolutely love chocolate

TOTAL = 5/23

Does this make me neuter? :-)

Just a nonconformist to the stereotypes too. :-)

Yay for women who don't like shopping! I hate people assuming that I do.

I swear I would have gone insane from it now if it weren't for the Internet. The Internet is great. You can find what you want quickly, you don't have to trog round a whole lot of shops, you avoid the crowds and the noise (including the shops' idea of music). I do occasionally make a trip to John Lewis for haberdashery because I know they stand a fair chance of having what I want, but normally the only physical shopping I do these days is the Saturday morning grocery run, and that's only because having groceries delivered from an online order is uneconomic and you can't choose your own substitute if they don't have the specific thing you want.

I've even found a brand of shoes that fits me that I can order online. Oh, how I completely fail to miss shoe shops... :-D

I order all my clothes on-line, but not shoes as they fit so differently. This probably explains why I own so many Crocs (comfortable and easy fits) and trainers, and a few pairs of ageing other shoes.

I'll put up with grocery shopping only until they drop the delivery fee for shopping on-line. I make up for it by buying a coffee at the cafe in the mall.

YOUR BOY SIDE:

[] you love hoodies
[] you love jeans
[] you like dogs better than cats
[] it's hilarious when people get hurt
[x] shopping is torture
[] sad movies suck
[] you play XBOX 360/ PS2 / PS3/Wii
[x] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid (Occaisonally, with my brother)
[] at some point in life you wanted to be a fire-fighter (It was a fighter pilot in my case, so I'm going to count that)
[] you own a DS PS2 or Sega
[] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers
[x] you watch sports on TV (tennis, olympics, occaisonally)
[] gory movies are FTW
[x] you go to your dad for advice
[] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[] you used to collect baseball collector cards
[] baggy sweat pants are comfortable to wear
[] it's kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[x] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colours (clothing wise, black definitely; not sure whether having a house decorated in sky blue counts as boyish?)
[x] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think
[] sports are fun
[] you talk with food in your mouth
[x] you have fished at least once

TOTAL = 7/23

YOUR GIRL SIDE:

[] you love to shop
[x] you wear make up
[x] you wear the colour pink
[] you go to your mom for advice
[] you consider cheerleading a sport
[x] you like cats better than dogs
[] you hate wearing the colour black
[] you like going to the mall
[] you like wearing jewellery
[x] you cried watching A Walk to Remember (What is this? But I cry in jsut about any movie, so I have ticked it)
[x] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe
[] shopping is one of your favourite hobbies
[] you take around an hour shower
[] you are/were in gymnastics/tumbling/cheerleading
[x] you smile a lot more than you should
[x] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes
[x] you like wearing dresses when you can
[x] you like wearing body spray/perfume
[x] you like high heel shoes
[] you like putting makeup on others
[] pink is one of your favourite colours
[] you laugh more than you breathe
[x] you absolutely love chocolate

TOTAL = 11/23

I think they missed a whole heap of criteria! But it's all fun.

I'd never have guessed! :-)

My favourite colours are green and blue, and I wear a lot of black. I suspect that one of the things that marks me as odd in the work environment is not smiling as much as people expect women to. OTOH I've mainly worked with guys.

Now, my secret girliness is out. I'll never live it down.

Sometimes I realise I'm sitting there with a smile plastered to my face ... and there's no-one around. It's like a default. :(

Really? I know one woman who smiles constantly--really, all the time--but she stands out (to me anyway). I sometimes wonder if she trained herself to.

At least I (rightly) hate shopping!

You don't have to! I just hate people assuming I love it because I'm female.

Huh. I score zero on the girl side. What kind of women does the person who made this quiz know?????

Obviously someone has to make a better quiz.

You don't like chocolate? You do have a heart in your icon, and those make me gag. ;-)

It's full of stereotypes. If they'd put "you love horses" in there, you'd have scored, and that's something people often assume about women. Ponies, anyway. I've never seen the attraction, myself.

You do have a heart in your icon

Ah, but that's a Jacobite silver button, so I supect the heart stands for love of Scotland.

You don't like chocolate?

Chocolate's okay, in a take-it-or-leave-it sort of way. I don't dislike it, but I only ever buy it as presents for other people.

If they'd put "you love horses" in there, you'd have scored, and that's something people often assume about women.

Oh, absolutely. And I adore babies, and I'm quite soppy about small children, and I cry at sad films (which is why I don't like watching sad films) and I hate conflict, all of which are also conventionally female characteristics. But that quiz was all about make-up and nail varnish and how many pairs of shoes you own. It was femininity as defined by a drag queen, if you ask me.

Or a teenager from a US high school; most come from them. I had to correct the punctuation and grammar.

Babies bore me, but once children have reached the age when I can tell them stories, I find them interesting. I completely lack any maternal instinct I avoid sad films and books.

Perhaps I should write a proper meme, but my own prejudices might show.

Ooh, interesting! *steals meme*

What a thrilling match! I hope you stayed up for the end of it - I went downstairs to watch the last couple of overs!

It was too late for us; we went to bed, but I heard it went to the last ball. Ah, well.

I'm less of a girl than you.

Yeah, my make up and jewellery skews it a bit. But it's with jeans and cargoes and shirts or sweaters. I bet you wear skirts though; it's been years since I did.

Apparently it's feminine to repeat yourself in memes.

I score 75% male, 25% female. (12 and 4)

I don't often do them, actually; those long teenaged American survey things bore me silly.

No, I mean under the Girl attributes the author repeats the ones about shopping and pink. I should have explained myself.

I should have replaced one with "you love horses and ponies", another one that doesn't apply to me.

That doesn't necessarily mean anything either, since a lot of the guys I know own horses and ponies (cavalry reenactors--you can't get much more he-man than that, at least in their minds).

I know! I did think of that, how it was men who loved horses in the west and the past when they were the cars of the day. I just happen to know a lot of women who are crazy about horses--and don't even own one. There's a pony club down the road though, and I have yet to see a boy riding one. I wonder why, because it's the boys who do the rodeo stuff at country shows (though I once had a go in the kids' section and came off very quickly).

Because people are silly when it comes to gender differences.

I live right smack in the middle of horse country, here. Everybody, his brother, sister, mother, father, aunt, uncle and second cousin twice removed has horses, and a good many of that number own horse farms.

Girls on ponies is probably an urban thing. Men certainly do a lot of riding in the country here. My grandfather and his sisters even used to ride to school.

We have photos of the Cavalry Reenactors riding their horses through the Drive-Thru at KFC.

A lot of times guys are better at handling horses just because they're bigger and can use their weight to their advantage. Horse whispering just ain't how it's done.

How cool! I'm a Roman re-enactor myself, but not cavalry. :-) I've ridden horses as a kid on friends' farms; it just isn't something I really got into.

I wonder...male:10, female:4. Well, I used to be called a tomboy...:-)

Me too!

YES!!!!!:-)

As I know an awful lot of cat liking men and dog loving women that is so not a stereotype that flies for me. It's not whether you are a boy or a girl but whether you want companions that are independent or whether you want slavish devotion.

What is it with women and shoes? The only item of clothing I seem to have a thing for is jackets and waistcoats. Shoes are just there as far as I'm concerned.
As for black vs pink its blue for boys, not black. Mind you there is scientific evidence for the preference for both colours
Why girls prefer pink
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/?ref=1187625608

I've always hated the colour and the only shopping I enjoy is not usually for clothes but for other things like books etc, which presumably satisfies my hunter gatherer instincts.

I didn't write it!

I agree about the dogs and cats, but they're all stereotypes. I've noticed authors seem to go in for cats.

Yeah, I don't get the shoe thing. I don't own any high-heels, but I do have a few of those plastic Crocs, also trainers, and the rest are old and comfortable flats. With me, it's hats. I'd love them to become more accepted.

I don't mind pink as a colour, but I never wear it. It gets a bad rap though from that disgusting baby pink, and baby blue is just as horrible.

Sorry, I didn't mean it to sound like I'm shooting the memer.

I've noticed the author - cat connection too.

I've got some plastic Croc clones, my work shoes one pair of trainers and that's it. I've never had high heels too - I can't walk in them and don't see why I should.

I had to buy high heels some years ago for my sister's wedding (I was the bridesmaid) and threw them out a while back as I never wore them again. I hate high heels. I'm sure that's why people think I'm shorter than average when I am in fact exactly average.

My shoes comprise about 5 pairs of Crocs, two jandals (flip-flops?) three trainers, 3 or 4 summer sandals, 3 or 4 slip-on or lace-up winter shoes. And some hiking boots. I haven't bought any shoes but for Crocs for about 3 years.

I'm a Croc convert too, if they ever do a safety shoe version I'm buying them, just so I can wear them at work.

I don't identify with almost anything on either list.

-I love both cats and dogs (I love all animals) - but I love cats more.
-While I don't "love" jeans, I do like them, and wear them a lot.
-I like hoodies too.
-I go to both my parents for advice.
-Green has been my favorite color since I was 2 years old.
-I like chocolate.

But other than that - I don't identify with anything on either list.

But that's always been true of me: I don't identify with either
stereotypically-female OR stereotypically-male behaviors and traits.

When I was a child, I felt so alienated from both boy-groups and girl-groups. Boy-groups were always roughhousing and I hated that - but girl-groups were always giggling and I hated that just as much.

Boys would kill spiders (and the cruelty of that horrified and devastated and infuriated me)
- girls would shriek over spiders (and the stupidity of that infuriated me)
- and no one seemed to be like me, who LIKED spiders.

My idea of a good time was to sit watching a spider weave its web, or play very gently with a snake.

I hated sports and also hated clothes. I hated loud and noisy and boorish behavior, but I hated gossip too.

As an adult, I have the same problem.

I hate sports and video-games - but I also hate fashion and shopping.

I never wear high-heeled shoes (and don't understand why anyone in their right might WOULD wear them - they're instruments of torture as far as I'm concerned) and I never wear make-up. And the smell of perfume makes me ill.

I don't feel either female or male. But I don't feel both, either. I feel neither.

I like spiders too, though the amount of webs around here drives me nuts. I always wanted a snake as a pet, but there aren't any here. I did have pythons draped over me in Malaysia, and hundreds of little snakes at the Snake Temple. :-) It was surprising how many men were appalled.

High heels are stupid, and I've been nauseous from perfume sprayed on me in a store before I could say no.

I do like my make up and necklaces though. I don't fit the patterns either.

YOUR BOY SIDE:

[] you love hoodies
[X] you love jeans
[] you like dogs better than cats
[] it's hilarious when people get hurt
[X] shopping is torture
[X] sad movies suck
[] you play XBOX 360/ PS2 / PS3/Wii
[] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid
[X] at some point in life you wanted to be a fire-fighter (policeman, actually)
[X] you own a DS PS2 or Sega
[] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers
[] you watch sports on TV
[] gory movies are FTW
[] you go to your dad for advice
[] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[] you used to collect baseball collector cards
[X] baggy sweat pants are comfortable to wear
[X] it's kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[X] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colours
[X] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think
[] sports are fun
[X] you talk with food in your mouth
[X] you have fished at least once

TOTAL = 11/23

YOUR GIRL SIDE:

[] you love to shop
[] you wear make up
[X] you wear the colour pink (but only occasionally)
[] you go to your mom for advice
[] you consider cheerleading a sport
[X] you like cats better than dogs
[] you hate wearing the colour black
[] you like going to the mall
[] you like wearing jewellery
[] you cried watching A Walk to Remember (What is this?)
[] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe
[] shopping is one of your favourite hobbies
[] you take around an hour shower
[] you are/were in gymnastics/tumbling/cheerleading
[] you smile a lot more than you should
[] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes
[] you like wearing dresses when you can
[] you like wearing body spray/perfume
[] you like high heel shoes
[] you like putting makeup on others
[] pink is one of your favourite colours
[] you laugh more than you breathe
[X] you absolutely love chocolate

TOTAL = 3/23

Crowds suck, so shopping sucks. I guess I'm secretly a boy...

There's only one kind of shopping I like and that's craft markets. Since the one I liked has closed, that's it for me. :-(

I do stand out, even among other females here, for wearing make up. It's the artistic side of me, I think; I know I can make myself look better, so I do.

YOUR BOY SIDE:

[x] you love hoodies (zippy ones)
[] you love jeans
[] you like dogs better than cats
[x] it's hilarious when people get hurt (I do laugh at slapstick!)
[] shopping is torture (it sort of depends on the shopping...)
[] sad movies suck
[] you play XBOX 360/ PS2 / PS3/Wii
[] you played with Hot Wheels / Matchbox as a little kid
[] at some point in life you wanted to be a fire-fighter
[] you own a DS PS2 or Sega
[] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers
[] you watch sports on TV
[] gory movies are FTW (I can't stand to watch gore)
[] you go to your dad for advice
[] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[] you used to collect baseball collector cards
[] baggy sweat pants are comfortable to wear
[x] it's kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colours
[] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think
[] sports are fun (some are, but overall I'm not into them)
[] you talk with food in your mouth
[] you have fished at least once

TOTAL = 3/23

YOUR GIRL SIDE:

[x] you love to shop (if I'm in the mood, and by myself, and it's something I'm interested in, it's pretty enjoyable)
[x] you wear make up
[x] you wear the colour pink (I avoided pink for years and years, but I like it now--mostly bright pink and mauve-y pink, though... some shades still turn me off)
[] you go to your mom for advice
[] you consider cheerleading a sport
[x] you like cats better than dogs
[] you hate wearing the colour black
[x] you like going to the mall (sometimes... see shopping, above)
[] you like wearing jewellery
[] you cried watching A Walk to Remember (I have no idea what this is)
[x] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe (like with pink, I avoided them for years and years, but I enjoy them now, in the spring/summer)
[] shopping is one of your favourite hobbies (I wouldn't go that far)
[] you take around an hour to shower (JUST to shower? or to get ready in the morning?)
[] you are/were in gymnastics/tumbling/cheerleading
[x] you smile a lot more than you should (more than I "should"? how can you do that? what's wrong with smiling?)
[] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes
[x] you like wearing dresses when you can (I like wearing them on special occasions)
[] you like wearing body spray/perfume
[] you like high heel shoes (I don't do high heels)
[] you like putting makeup on others (ak! no way)
[x] pink is one of your favourite colours (not my very favorite, but ONE of my favorites, especially bright pink in combination with orange!)
[] you laugh more than you breathe
[x] you absolutely love chocolate (I'm not obsessed with it or anything, but I do appreciate a good dark chocolate)

TOTAL = 10/23

Wow, I'm one of the "girliest" people here! Pretty weird, considering that I was a tomboy when I was young, then turned androgynous (people used to think I was a boy and/or a lesbian when I was in high school/early college). I guess it shows I've loosened up a bit in my anti-girlishness rigors. I'm definitely not a girly-girl, though.

I actually like bright pink (and it does look good with orange) but I don't wear either colour as they don't look good with me. Baby pink (and blue) though: ghastly! I go for turquoise, green, blue, purple: what I call stained glass colours. A rich, bright pink would look good with those; pity.

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