The Inventory of Sex Role
This ideology was invented by Sandra Bem in the late nineties because she thought people could be both masculine and feminine at the same time. The test is basically based on asking questions where the system asses them and determine the gender of the person being tested. It has a series of scores between one to five on whether you agree or disagree.
After taking part in the test my masculinity score was 118 while that of femininity was 87. In conclusion, my masculinity score exceeded the femininity one meaning that I had male characteristics something which is true. However, I don’t agree with this ideology since I find it bogus and lacking a scientific basis. This is because I don’t know how the system can classify the anonymous interviewee as either a male or a female by only asking questions rather than conducting a normal test.
The reason I find it bogus is that different people regardless of their gender have different hobbies and lifestyles and anyone chooses them at their own will and that cannot be the basis of classifying their gender. I asked myself how can owning a personal journal, dancing alone, doing pushups and going to the movies have anything to do with your gender. This is because you might be trying to hang out with your friends of the different gender and find yourself doing some of their hobbies.
Finally, after answering the questions on the first part another page appears and ironically it asks you to put your sex and type of relationship. This creates humor because the system should have analyzed the first questions and ranged your level of masculinity or femininity.