Androgyny

I was reminded in some recently readings that gifted people usually have more androgynous traits than the average person.

I heard Sandra Bem's Sex Role Inventory test and found it online. Here is a link to a pdf of the test, it tells you how to tally it all up and what your score means.

Here is how Wikipedia describes the test:

The Bem Sex Role Inventory is one of the most widely used gender measures and was constructed by the early leading proponent of androgyny, Sandra Bem (1977).[2] Based on their responses to the items in the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, individuals are classified as having one of four gender-role orientations: masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated.

The androgynous individual is simply a female or male who has a high degree of both feminine (expressive) and masculine (instrumental) traits. A feminine individual is high on feminine (expressive) traits and low on masculine (instrumental) traits. A masculine female is high on instrumental traits and low on expressive traits. An undifferentiated person is low on both feminine and masculine traits.[2]

You can score Feminine, Nearly Feminine, Androgynous, Nearly Masculine, and Masculine.

I scored Masculine, which is no surprise to me. I scored highly on both masculine and feminine and neutral, but overall more traits that are considered masculine apply to me.

Pere scored Masculine, overall more masculine than me as he scored very low on feminine/expressive traits.

Zoe scored Androgynous, which pleases me. People who are more androgynous are more flexible and supposedly, mentally healthy. :)

It is all very interesting to me. I've have a problem with rigid gender roles, especially since I fall outside of them. I bristle at being confined to a traditional female role. I think that being a gifted female and an INTJ makes it even more difficult for people to relate to me and vice versus. Throw in my over-excitabilities and I am just a bundle of contradictions.