- Was surprised
- Just wondering how I managed to change from Strong Femme to Androgene overnight....!
Note from Webmistress: Different sections of the test cover different aspects of butch/femmism. It is not uncommon to slide to a nearby category between test sections. Keep trying (it changes on wednesdays) and get an average!
- I adored your test, on which I scored 37 which is I guess right for me as a bisexual male, but for goodness sake don't you know it's spelled androGYNous as in GYNecology ???
Note from Webmistress: You are so right! (What WAS I thinking??) It’s been fixed now. Thanks!
- This is a different test than the one i took here a few days ago. on that one i tested at 40 (Androgene) on this one, i test out at 49 (classic butch),,,hmmmmmmmm.
- Not bad. Close to the mark.
- It's a fun page. I'd like to link to it. ...(link omitted to preserve writer’s privacy)...I don't know about the accuracy because I don't think I qualify as androgynous - far from it actually. I think if you posed more questions about the dynamics that occur in a relationship, you might get a more accurate reading. My gf got classic butch and she was happy with hers. But it's still entertaining. Let me know if I can link to it.
Note from Webmistress: We’re taking you up on that. Next test segment will cover relationship dynamics! Thanks!
- I enjoyed taking part in the test because it was pretty straight forward and the questions were clear and easy to figure out. It was fun trying to guess how you'd score on the test too--I was kinda surprised at how my ranking ended up--I think the Motorcycle answer put me over the top *grin*. Keep up the good work--cheers.
- Kairete :-)
27 (29 on the F-->B scale ranging from 0 to 100), just fulfilled
the minimum requirements, ahh! :-)
“You like the feminine ideal and play dress up and enjoy that every so often,“
True.
“but in everyday life you prefer to be practical.”
True also -- though more out of necessity than by preference. (despite
the fact I indeed "Run screaming from the bathroom" :-))))
”At home you are more often the one doing the housework, but it is unlikely you like to cook.”
Oops... this implication doesn't hold true... I indeed prefer to "Serve a sit-down dinner" prepared by myself :-)
”You prefer order to chaos and in relationships like things clearly defined and out in the open.”
Hopefully so. :-)
”You are a strong partner to another Strong Femme, Androgyne, or a”
She's not yet done the test, but instinctively I'd indeed confirm this
statement.
”Gentle Butch. You are uncomfortable with Classic or Extreme Butches”
True. They are a bit scary to me. :-) Maybe that's the major reason
I'm not a Classic Femme. I don't really buy into B/F dynamics too much
and I think the more similar people are the better they will
understand one another. I've been skeptical of the "difference model"
since I was a kid actually. I'm one of those infant prodigies that
knew *all* by the age of 4 already. :-) But knowledge alone never has
sufficed to spare anyone anything. :-(
”and take on other Femmes or Androgynes as buddies.”
Yeah... W/a few points I didn't find a real perfect match and had to resent to
the closes approximation... like I'm doing basic research in Cognitive
Anthro, but I'm not a clinical therapist... As in all it is halfway plausible though.
- Great Fun! Thanks
- this was a lot of fun!
- pretty accurate
- Very accurate :-). And fun as well!
- Right on!
- It was amazingly accurate
- hmmm... with olf test, I was a "classic femme", nearer to "Strong Femme" than the middle. With the new questions, it says "gentle butch" - hmmm... I felt like classic femme was much closer based on the description, though I'd be interested in the difference between that and "strong femme" since I was close to it, at least yesterday! Thanks for this -- it was fun!
- sounds right to me cept I dont like to look preppy and dont mind rinkles at all
- Well. . .I love wearing dresses, so that's one for starters that was totally off base (when i hang out with my friends i wear jeans and a turtleneck, which aren't "baggy" and the closest thing was "crisp" which i like sometimes. . .but i often wear skirts since i live in (location deleted to protect writers privacy) and its something that lots of women do when they hang out with their friends. then there's the beer, soda, water thing: beer doesn't come in plastic bottles, so i was unable to pick what i really prefer to drink out of, since i opted for what i prefer to drink beer out of. . .so that makes me less of a "lady"? also, if "butch" is supposed to be a tendency towards the "male," then i know a lot of guys who would opt for the plunger and towels, rather than shut off the water. this doesn't mean i like "the sciences," by any means. i'd prefer to write for the rest of my life, but lots of guys are writers, and lots are antique dealers and curators;
i just think i'd make a more successful "career" out of the latter, though the
former interests me more content-wise. okay, there were other things like this, but you get my drift. . .i'm a libra, and i consider myself pretty androgynous. . .and by the way, is the spelling "androgenous" supposed to be some new way of spelling the term which reflects some unknown political statement, or did you just not think to look it up in the dictionary before putting it out there? (We forgot the dictionary... see above) sorry, but i'm an english teacher and, yes, i use lowercase for speed on this kind of message, but try to spell correctly when doing something "public." okay, you've heard enough from me. . .maybe i should have just retired to my private space, filled with contemporary, light colored furniture (which i wish had a few more dark colors mixed in) and light my two candles which are peach and musk combined and which smell great but get me different scores on this test!
- This is sooo cool Really enjoyed it and found it to be very true. My partner and a both came out Gentle Butches and both of us agree that we'ld never be caught dead in a dress. LOL
- Yeah!! It's me alright.. :))
- This is really cool! And it actualy came out pretty accurate! :)
- I feel you have left out skills and abilities and important interests. Some of the answers were almost an ALL OF THE ABOVE - the bathroom thing, you have to shut offthe water BEFORE you can fix it etc and others
Note from Webmistress: Watch for future installments!
- pretty much right on.....
- about 90% accurate, fun test
- Exactly what I thought I was. Fun.
- great fun and pretty accurate. got me exactly.
- good test. i think it was quite accurate. would have liked more description on the gross scores. thanks fordoing this.
- well your right, you do hit it close although today I took one test it said
one thing and later I took the other and it said another hehe. oh well
I guess its just the questions you ask at the time..I really do like the
site and Im gonna add it to my site if that is ok with you both??
thanks
- I'm a Strong Femme huh? Who'da thunk it?
A had a good time with the test, the questions and the explanation.
- Ah-ha. Oh, and how amusing it was!...Thanks for a cool site!
- LOL......not surprised by result
of Strong Femme...would normally class myself as androgenous, but most
women think I tend more to the femme! Fun test! Has everyone in the LOFT
interested! Thanks again
- very good description of me...I am very surprised as i wasnt to sure myself
- off a little :) off a lot :(
- Very interesting!!
- absolutely fabulous..thanks for taking the time and energy to create this :)
- Well I'm not suprised that I'm a strong Femme, so far you seem to be right on. Anyways, this was fun!
- Heyas!
Since you were soliciting feedback, I thought that perhaps I'd go
ahead and give you some.
The test is a little odd, in that what it does is derives an
overall score, then stereotypes based on that score, *even* *if*
you've answered specifically to the contrary on a particular
question. So, for instance, running the test I found that of the
choices offered for clothing, loose and baggy came closest, but by
the time I read the alleged description, I was being dressed in
crisp and preppy clothes (which I might wear from time to time, but
they'd certainly be wrinkled, 'cause I like natural fabrics and
can't be bothered to iron).
I was trying to think how one might better the test ... well, some
of the questions are posed on specific issues, so those specific
issues ought to be accounted for ... but, you know, you end up with
the same score if you answer everything exactly average, or answer
have the questions extreme one way and the other half extreme the
other. An easy sort of addition might be to add the range of the
answers (number of 1s, number of 2s, and so forth), which might add
more nuance without a *great* deal more effort.
*laugh* The thing is, in the first time through I've got a range
from one to seven on various answers, and in looking at all of the
descriptions, find that parts of each description except the two
butchest fit reasonably well (while other parts of each description
don't). It would be nice to set this up as CGI, with each of the
identifiable issues that you're measuring scaled separately ....
*laugh* I'm a *geeky* butch, when I'm butch (well, no ... I can
fix a car, too ... it's just that my skirt tends to get in the way
...).
May I make one extremely pedantic correction? There is no such
word as "androgene" or "androgenous". It's a common enough error,
but in fact is derived from andros (greek for male, man) and gyn (I
don't remember the ending, greek for female, woman). "Gyn" should
be reasonably easy for most women to remember ... you *do* visit
the doctor, right? *laugh* Anyway. It's "androgyne" and
"androgynous."
Cute test, though.
- Cute test! It ranks me a Strong-near-Classic Femme (28 raw) but i see myself as more androgenous. I mean, i'm a nerd, don't do flower arranging or select fabrics :-) and am a terrible housekeeper. Doesn't sound very femmy to me! :-) On the other hand, til recently i did have long hair, do support cats rather than dogs, and carry a purse (but only because my tools won't all fit in my pockets, honest! :-)
- for some of the questions, there weren't enough choices, and for others there were too many to choose.
Reply from the Webmistress: Questions will vary from week to week, so that will vary also. The test is designed to create a forced answer - to make you choose between options (even if the options may not actually occur in your real life), to reveal your thinking process. This is done because the test relies more on "mind-set" to determine degree of butch or femme than in stereotypes (despite what the test may appear to be) or cultural "norms".
- much fun for me and my lover, it was just as entertaining and insightful.
- I thought the test was pretty accurate. Good fun for the few short minutes it took to do!
- Yeah I consider myself a soft butch or a butchy femme femmey butch
- My test results described me VERY accurately, I have to say. Keep 'em coming.
- yup...that's me alright! an androgene...i scored a 40, close to being perilously close to being a gentle butch... Thaks, I loved this test!...
- i love it and find it quite accurate...although i prefer chameleon to androgene...and i am moe a giver...
- very accurate indeed!
- Amazing - it's what I've thought of myself all along! I'm curious to see how others test...
- Well...my test came out as Androgene. I guess that COULD be me since i sometimes can blur the line between whether im a butch or femme. Although i look femmy, i do have butch ways about me. So, i suppose its right, even though i would tend to classify myself as femme more readily. Sheesh, just cuz i would plunge the bathroom if it was plugged! Now im Androgene. *laugh* no matter. Its all fun, and its all good. Neat test!
- Hmmmmmm... Well, even though I'm ostensibly 'male' I've been told (and recognize for myself) that I'm not all that 'macho'... I ran the test twice since a couple of answers coould have been either of two choices, and I scored a 21 and a 20. Ouch! probably
- The test matches exactly with my feelings
- i tried it again, changing a couple of answers where my reaction might change depending on what week of the month it was......went from strong femme to classic femme....no arguments from me :)
- I enjoyed the test, however, too many screens and scoring takes too long. Just my thoughts, thanks!
- Last year I took a "Dyke Test" (more of a butch test really), and I scored a -80. I suppose that now that I come out femme on two tests, you can clain *external validity* to your test ;)
- the test was fun and I hope somewhat low scoring. I ranked as androgenous at 39, second time 40, poinnts. I feel that "gentle butch" is the softest acceptable rating. However I have only done dresses once each for my sisters weddings (limit set to discourage divorce was a means to getting me to wear dresses). I am in the sciences and wear oxford cloth button downs - so that fits. however god forbid that I ever decorate for myself or another person. I am much better at paying the bills !! Thus save teh pets and the wallet. Thak you for a most enjoyable visit.
- Hummmmmmmmm????
- Frighteningly Accurate!
- I came out bang-in-the-middle-androgynous, and just cracked up at your little essay about "me". It really did sound as if you were sitting across the desk from me personally as you wrote it, so in case you've been wondering, your test was pretty accurate for at least one person!...Thanks for the butch/femme page, I loved it.
- Tks for the prompt reply to the test. Your evaluation is actually quite
"me".
- well....i don't know how you did this...lol...but your profile of me
seemed very accurate...you two should just hang up your shingle in the
loft and start doing analyses (is that the correct plural form?...you
gals would have to be writers) of all the lofterettes...you know like
those color analysts do...thabks for a most entertaining site and service...see you soon
- Your Answer: YES YES YES YES....... Damnit all I wanted to be butch...lol....my g/f and i are the same...now we know why we fight over the hammer AND the nail file!!! LOL ...thanks ladies....it was great !! have passed it onto all my friends
- BZZZT! You got it wrong. Me, femme? HA!
- pretty accurtate
- good fun, and probably quite accurate!
- accurate, indeed -- less muddy than my own thoughts of vaguely "femmy-androgeny". cute test.
- It was right on! :)
- confused
- Yep, pretty close--but I *do* like to cook!
- interesting
- it's great--told me what i already suspected, so it seems a very on-the-money test to me.
- If I would have to select a catorgory for myself it would of been the same. Thanks for having the test here on the net. It was an amusing few mintues. Sort of like a Cosmopolton Magazine. Light fluff perfect for the "femme" See Ya
- Neat! I liked it a lot... supported my own thots about myself
- Right on the mark! Spooky
- hmmmmmmmm!!!! :-)
- very accurate ..I would say I fall almost into classic femme but this category for most is exactly me :))
- your right on the money!
- blue, brown or purple eyeshadow???? NEVER. well, not likely. what happened to gray and rose?
- Very accurate.
- Wow, that was *way off*. I got "strong femme, close to classic". I'm more of a squishy butch.
- Perhaps it is because I grew my hair that I changed into a Strong Femme. My friends always called me the Black and Decker dyke due to the number of power tools that I own. It was fun!
- i enjoyed this test, but some answers were hard to choose since the actual situation can vary. like ths crossing the creek one, i wuldn't mind jumping in, but if i had reason to beleive an undercurrent was around to harm us, i wouldn't go in.
- yep, guess the results are about right ... i've called myself a "bemme" (butchy femme?) for several years now ... and you need more space to write in this box!
- It was pretty darn close!
- good fun, and probably quite accurate!
- That is so me. I'm very impressed. Good questions. Byu far the most accurate test of this type I have taken. I loved it
- consider myself more androgene cosidering my technical job and some of my ideals w/in the relationship. I think levels of "butchness or femme" change depending on whom your with. I was very butch w/ my last gf. considered soft butch by most of my close friends! thanks ladies for the time involved and the entertainment!
- OH IT WAS GREAT...VERY REAL FOR ME!!!
- Thanks for the results of the test. That was quite
enlightning. Cause I had to talk to someone lately
as what they meant by femme, butch, duke, soft butch.
I was getting confused by all these labels. I
thought wimmin were wimmin period. I know that some
are more masculine but still.
I guess your test reveals a lot of truths about
myself except for the fact that I love cooking..lol....
I still hate the labels as I do about les ect...
I will look forward to other test...lol
It still had me pretty much right on though if I do
have to say so..
- awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I'm much more femme in public, a lot of these questions reflect casual stuff behind-closed-door stuff. All valid, but maybe overemphasized.
- That's an awesome test!!
- wow... surprisingly accurate! i took the test as a joke, but the final description really nailed me! thanx :-) (btw i ranked "androgene") --
- rather accurate
- it didn't really reflect me at all, but I am only out by 5 1/2 months and in a great deal of flux. I am way more butch than this test says, but we shall see how my scores change as I do! Thanks.
- I think I'm butcher than I scored (35) and I think the skew (if there is one) has to do with class stuff. The buffet question and the personal space interior decor question might be good examples, I'm not sure. Fun anyway and thoughtful. Have you had other comments about a possible class skew? Thanks.
Reply from the Webmistress: You are the first to remark on that, but we try to watch for that in the test by varying the questions. We have had responses from 15 countries so far, both male and female respondents, and gay, lesbian, straight, bi, and trans respondents, so we are trying to make it a more generic concept than simply a division among the lesbian culture. We'll watch for any further remarks regarding class division and will work harder at eliminating that chance. Check back next week for a new set of questions and thanks for your insight!
- I've mellowed
- pretty close except i do not look the part.
- I was surprised at the accuracy of the test! Confirmed what I thought.
- javascript could do all the scoring behind the scenes...would limit the ability to cheat
Reply from the Webmistress: We plan to do that but are just now working on the coding. When the script is written this will go on the site!
- On days when I want to influenc or snow people I score a 23, when I want to be free and me I am 46. I tend to be more comfotable with being gentle butch, but wear makeup, very nice hair style, false long fingernails painted red or burgandy and love dress
- good site---enjoyed the test
- Nicely on target
- works for me!
- The score/rank is probably close, but you description seems quite different (clothes and housekeeping) Thanks, it was fun!
- Fairly accurate. I'm probably closer to a classic butch than test showed. But fun.
- fun and playful
- Lots of fun! Add more questions!
- your analysis of a strong femme describes me perfectly!