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Note: Some of these are from before we had automated scoring...

I teach Queer Studies and several of my students were outraged by a "Dyke Test" that had been floating around the internet. One student devised her own test, somewhat like yours. Her main complaint about the Dyke test was that people who were searching might take it seriously, and what if they "fail"? I appreciated that you noted this was a farce, and that it was about gender, not sexual orientation. I'll forward the URL to my students. Thanks for doing the work on this.
Just a note--I said "neither" to the "how do you see yourself generally," but actually I'd prefer to be able to say "both." I define as a butch/femme switch, because I don't think they're mutually exclusive possibilities. But your test was pretty accurate--my butch side hangs out a little further. (grin) Best test of its kind I've seen out there. Thanks!
would have preferred "unscented" option for hygience products; and "jeans/t-shirt/leather jacket" option for clothing
The test is awesome, but I think there should be a question about underwear choices as well.
great test!
Your survey question (at the end of the test) on relationships left some things out, like "Part of a group marriage" or "in *multiple* committed relationships with [x gender]" or "multiple 'steady' relationships with..." etc.
37 - androgynous - very accurate
Fairly accurate, except there are butch women who are attracted primarily to other butch women... I'm one, so's my partner ;) and I'm pretty sure we're not the only two out here!
loved it!!!...i picked myself as a gentle butch and your test picked me androgyne bordering on gentle butch....so *i* think it's pretty accurate!!!!...(i'm not gay, by the way, but it worked just as well for me)
Cool!
Can I post this message to the butch/femme mailing list I am on. I think more people would check back and fill out future installments if they knew? That is where I heard about the "test".
Bingo!
LOL!! I am only attracted to FEmmes, I pass as a man 99% of the time. THe test is rather sexist. Basically, it says the more of a moron you are with no taste at all, in a stereotypically male way, the more Butch you are, which is hogwash.
cute, very cute!
Some more thoughts... What I found interesting about the test results was that while qualitatively it involves a scale centered around the category of androgyne, quantitatively the pie chart (based on the first 572 responses) revealed a symmetrical axis centered along the strong femme/androgyne split. I.e. androgyne was less of a middle ground, as I naively had expected, but belonged to the half containing gentle/classic/extreme butch.
pretty good--but I do like to cook
I'm impressed. Pretty cool test. Especially since my score so closely matched my self-assessment. :)
hmmm...think your definitions are a tad stereotyped!!
Just curious as to who develop the test? It had me to some degree but for the most part it was a bit off base...am very much a soft butch or a hard femme...I am however the best of both!!!
very accurate
I loved it! And I think that my score pretty accurately reflects who I think I am :).
disagreed with 4 things, otherwise it was right on!
This was fun! I took the test twice, the first time scored 46, the next time 39. Pretty accurate I think, my partner and I always joke around that we are not stone butches, but pebble butches, i.e. soft butches or gentle butches. My partner hasn't taken the test yet but I think her score will be similar. I liked your definitions and I probably do move somewhere between androgyny and gentle butchness.
This was so much fun! The results weren't at all what I thought - maybe I should explore my "other" side a bit more. I will definitely tell my friends about this site. Well done!
came out pretty close
great fun and accurate! Thanx
cool test! Both myself and my partner loved it....good job !!
I thought the test was fun. I was right about how I thought I would score. I enjoy being a woman, but, I am not going to wait around for a man to do the traditional "man" things like hooking up the stereo, unclogging the sink or commode, or moving furniture. Now, I think I'll see what the rest of this site is about.
cool cool quiz!
I think it is true I am androgynous though I prefer the word ki-ki, however it is not true that I am not attracted to strong and extreme butches and femmes - I have been so in my life though now with another probably androgyne. I tend to be attracted to strong interesting women, who are melodramatic in personal style - either glam femme or sharp butch - or both
great stuff here
Thanks!!!
I consider myself the consumate female. Test hit it on. I am straight hete female and love being female.
I like this better than the last butch test.. it said I was fem..and I don't think so hehehe
*sucks* Make the test results a cgi. Having to add up the numbers by hand is lame.
well.. considering that I am a "straight" male with some strong bi tendencies.. I'd say my strong middle of the road score (38/51) is pretty darn accurate... very amusing too!
Yes, pretty much me. Q14 don't like any choice.
Cute test. I rated slightly butcher in the latest itteration, but I'm pretty much a soft buch or a butchy femme.
it's right on the spot for me, I'm as close to the middle as possible, Rank 49
My partner says I'm *very* femme (compared to her, I guess), and I consider her only to be gentle butch... but I scored in the gentle butch range, which surprised me a lot. I would have predicted androgynous or strong femme for myself. However, I think I would have answered some of the questions differently were it not for my work experience. I have worked as an educator/administrator in residence halls on college campuses for years, and as a result of poor or slow-to-respond maintenance departments, I have had to figure out how to fix overflowing toilets and other "easy" problems on my own. Having grown up the eldest child of a father who loves to work with tools, I learned and did more "boy stuff" than most girls probably did. I guess the fact that I have my own tool kit shows that I should probably take a closer look at whether I'm really that femme after all. I love to paint my toenails (and only toes -- no fingernails!) and I get more "you're such a girly-girl" comments because of that than any one other characteristic or habit. I also have a voluptuous figure, straight out of the Victorian era, which makes it difficult for people to see me as anything but femme. So I guess for me, there's a physical-appearance factor that contrasts with a lot of my "butchy" behavior.
wonderful fun. can't wait to setup link from my site to yours.
Hmmm...I took the test twice-- the first time thinking about what I would *like* and where there was no clear option took the one that "felt" butchier to me. I scored the gentle butch one...the second time I went through and answered the way I think I'd end up doing things and when faced with hard to choose from options choose femmier...and got Strong Femme. I think of myself as more the Gentle Butch type and that description matched more how I feel about myself. My conclusion from that is that some of the questions are pretty hard to guage-- like scent wise, I go for unscented whereever possible and that wasn't an option. And I don't give a damn what I drink out of. So it was strange...maybe more questions would eliminate that sort of error, because all of us have personality quirks that are going to cause some questions not to work quite right.
its cool
Androgynous? Nah, you were closer last time with Strong Femme
I straddled Androgyne and Strong Femme by your scheme, but I don't see how femininity/masculinity can be extrapolated into things whether or not I'm organized or like to cook. For example, I'm hopelessly disorganized in my personal surroundings, but anything that can be stored in a computer is perfectly organized. I hate to clean, but I love to cook. At home I'm very rarely the one doing the housework, mostly because I dislike it so much. I think you should keep your generalizations to the realm of femininity/masculinity and possibly to Zodiac-type matching games, but leave out the guesses at people's personal habits.
perfect!
YOU HAVE ME JUST ABOUT RIGHT EXCEPT I DO LIKE TO COOK
I prefer "unscented". What about food?
liked it! I'm stronger than I thought
I am a femme but this ranked me as a classic butch -- perhaps because I can do things for myself???
test is right on the money
The class I was put in is Strong Femme. My actual score of 30 put me near Classic Femme which I think is more 'me'.
I cannot fix anything although I try. My sweetie, who is not a femme, however, she can fix anything and doesn't even have to look at it before she closes her eyse. Enjoyed doing the test anyway!
Very Accurate
me to a tee....lol
when i took it and y'all scored it, i was a strong femme - today i'm a practically androgenous gentle butch.... and while i certainly can fill both roles, i think i'm prolly closer to the strong femme most of the time
Fun!
Gosh, I was surprised! The listing for gentle butch includes being neatly dressed and a finicky housekeeper- neither of which fits me. Maybe it's that watermelon scented bubble bath? Who knows. Cute test nonetheless and lots of fun.
I think I should have ranked closer to a Butch. You have no questions here about athleticism. I tend to think that is a butchy trait and I am an athlete. I love gardening and especially the digging in the dirt. I handle a chain saw very well and can fix most things around the house. I hate housework and the dishes pile up, but I like a clean house. I pay someone to do it. I do think I tend to androgeny so the test is not very far off. But if you add questions about finance and sports you may have a more accurate picture.
AWSOME
more accurate than last one!
Interesting. Very accurate, I think. Great job.
cool, exactly as i thought...;)
Amusing and enlightening!
AWSOME!!! You hit just about everything on the head.
Great acuracy (as I'm ranked as Androgynous Femme -- which is what I am) except that I'm attracted to extreme or stone butches :)
interesting
I think some of your question / answer selections are quite limited. For example, laundry procedures, and furnishings. One more thing, there are a few of us who are Renaissance women, and many of us who have more than one career in the course of a lifetime. How would you deal with that. Aside from that, interesting study. I came up Androgynous on the first test, strong femme on the second one.
AWESOME!!!!!!
pretty good...
it was interesting
Very cool!!
you hit it right on the nose
It is so true
I think the test was Pure FUN!,I came up with a 'EB',and damn was it accurate!My friends enjoyed it to the MAX,and i found out a few who never could imagine they were femmes,feel mighty proud of being a classic friends{at all this i was enjoying the thrill of B/F emerge once more as a 'fad'}I knew my Identity before the test,and after I was totally having fun.Thanx..
It sounded like me except the housekeeping part.
pretty nifty-neat
it was fun -- thanks
it was kewl :) and fun :)
fun reasonably accurate thank.
[NOTE from Webmistress: This is part of on ongoing conversation with one of our test respondees. We thought this part of the analysis may be of interest, but please bear in mind this is an intellectual diversion for both the correspondent and the Webmistress and not any indication that this is any kind of a "scientific," "controlled," or "bias corrected" test! It is, after all, just for fun - as are intellectual diversions like this conversation!"]
RE: asymmetry, scales, relativity, defenses, controls, anything left still? :-)
[reply from Webmistress to earlier inquiry]"Perhaps that is because the test sample is predominantly female to begin with and from that, inherently the norm would fall on the andro/strong femme line rather than mid andro? It's an interesting question to ponder."
[response from correspondent] Well, that's only some occupational disease of mine... :-) my first thought had been wondering like whether it might have something to do w/ an asymmetry that has been described for the gendering subsystem of many societies. Either it is an ethnographers' projection or 3-gender-systems tend to hive-off the "third gender" from the male category (structurally speaking, not historically) while allowing for more variability in the female category. A typical example would be Ojibwa "male / agookwaa / female". An exception being systems that allow for further subcategorization like Navajo "male / nadleehe (male/true/female) / female" which is perfectly symmetrical. In other words: what is ideologically seen as "middle ground" factually is not. One also could think in the direction of Kessler/Mc Kenna's ("Gender." Wiley 1978) perceptual tests, but I think they are weakly designed (while else the book still is the definitive *vademecum* on gender!!).
As you already had mentioned responding to [other posted response]...w/ a sample of 13 the test breaks a bit as this relatively low number doesn't suffice to establish various scales. Like *tentatively* ('acourse there's some overlap, too):
- the way one deals w/ one's body ("1.When going for a haircut [...]", "10.Your quick snack of choice is [...]")
- manners/etiquette ("2.You are hosting a holiday meal. Do you [...]", "13.When drinking soda, beer or water, you prefer to [...]")
- presentation ("3.When choosing scents for your personal hygiene products, you prefer [...]", "4.When dressing to go hang out with your friends, you prefer to wear [...]")
- lifestyle ("6.Your ideal choice for a new vehicle is [...]", "9.[...] your preferred mode of travel would be [...]", "12.In private spaces, you prefer which type of decor [...]", "11.Choose the career that interests you most [...]")
- being practical ("5.The toilet is overflowing. Do you [...]", "") vs. (complementary)
- being inclined to luxurious idleness ("8.When doing the laundry, do you [...]")
A few questions are directly subject to cultural relativity effects. E.g. to "7.You are out on a date and your friend's breath is less than fresh. Do you [...]" w/in many NA cultures there is only one answer, the others ranging from impolite plump allusion to outspoken offensive, no matter whether you're Extreme Femme or Extreme Butch.
Another problem is the forced answer situation as this is not a test to determine the best candidate. :-) I did repeat it several times and arrived at quite some dispersion. Regarding "orientation" 'acourse nothing changed w/ me as I still love my gf despite her being a "boy" now :-), but preference for F/A/B partners doesn't appear as one of the scales and only is indirectly implied. I could imagine that w/ intersexed and transgendered folks the forced answer situation activates certain defense patterns (there also are clinical observations of similar things frequently happening) -- usually IS then score higher, i.e. more towards the andro/butch direction, while m2f TS score lower, i.e. more towards the femme direction than they "really are". But I'm not sure whether I really can recommend to open this can of worms... Such a test would be no fun any longer and if you include various kinds of control items you can't let people do the scoring themselves.
it was fairly accurate, except for the neat part, I am quite the slob, I like neat surroundings, if someone ELSE keeps them neat. :)
Your pages should add up the scores automatically... it's so easy to automate, why not?
hmmm, seems way off to me!
I honestly thought this test had too many variables. I consider myself a gentleman butch and my Momma taught me how to DO laundry and serve people a proper sit down dinner for a holiday meal. I don't use a barber cause my woman is skilled at cutting a butch's hair and I don't call HER a "friend". The way this test is scored makes me androgynous and that isn't so....and my lady has just doubly said SO! Thank you for having this test cause it was a hoot and fun to do....but not really accurate in determining who I am. I also enjoyed your site very much!!
i have taken psychological evaluation tests for the maculine and feminine scale before. i always tested right in the middle- androgenous. that's where i am here, too. so, i would say it's pretty accurate. well done!
I thought the results seemed fairly accurate but the analysis was slightly off in that I tend to prefer butchier types as friends and lovers. Though I scored aa a "strong femme" my butch friends and lovers would probably rank me as an "extreme femme". I guess it's all in one's perception. Thanks for making this fun and interesting diversion available.
This is the second time I've taken this test. It's interesting how it changes or maybe I'm in a different mood this time. H'm.... interesting. Thanks for offering this. It's fun.
Capable and independent does NOT equal 'butch' !
Right On Target ! Amazing ! I scored a 49, and description is so acurate, it's scarey.
the questions were amusing
very on target
quicker than I expected, and right on target!
MY GOODNESS. LAST WEEK WAS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THIS TEST. LAST WEEK I WAS A STRONG FEMME...NOW I AM A CLASSIC BUTCH. I THINK IT IS HILARIOUS. I AM GOING TO AVERAGE THE SCORES THOUGH. I LOVE YOU GIRLS FOR PUTTING THIS OUT...IT IS SOOOOO FUN AND INFORMING. THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO DO IT! LOVE YA!
hmm...last time i took this test, i was an androgyne...i think i only changed one answer this time around, though. the part about pursuit is right, but i'm a huuuuuge slob and usually can't be bothered with crispness! i do set off gaydar a lot of the time, but usually people mistake me for strong femme b/c i'm built small and delicate...but i dress more androgynously (well, actually, my college has its own sort of unofficial queer dress standard, which takes up at least half the campus in tank tops, i'm sure....) right about the partners, though. quite. i'm *very* uncomfortable with the classic/extreme femme (stereo)type.
I STILL THINK YA'LL R SO WONDERFUL FOR DOING THIS FOR ALL US LESBIANS OUT HERE. THANKS A BUNCH!!!!
Real Cool ladies!!!!!! lots of fun.....thank!!!!!!!! FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
Worked about how I expected it too. Fairly accurate test you have.
hiya jade & reb...once again, i think the test pretty accurately describes me...you are the wonder women of the web...lol....thanks for all the time you put in to entertain, amuse, and educate us here (not to mention helping to keep us out of trouble).
Yes, I feel it reflected who I am to an amazing degree.
[response from Webmistress on query] food pops up in various segments of the test.. keep on checking in (it changes on LATE Wedsnesdays)... Reason unscented wasn't an option was to avoid a "no choice" choice.
[correspondent's reply] But "unscented" >is< a choice: "No perfumes". (Fwiw, when we ran out of garlic night, my "Classic Butch" gf asked me to also pick up some deodorant for her. Unscented, too.)
hehehe it was fun but I would rather you didnt tell anyone I was a soft butch - gee whizz
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There are more things in heaven and on earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio.
(smiling) A great diversion!! I enjoyed it and will definitely make the time to visit more of your website!!
I thought this was quite interesting....My score definetely reflected the "type" of lesbian I thought I was...."gentle butch". I always refered to as a "soft butch" but the word gentle implies nicer things...*grin* WEll, thanks for the fun!!
Right on target...so far!
you should have one to see if guys are flamers
great test
I guess I always thought of my self as more femme...but only in regards to looks not necessarily personality. This test made me think for a moment about the fact that I am "in the middle" more than I thought!
I wouldn't have decribed myself as an androgyne - but I guess it may be true. I have been attracted to/loved femmes and butches, which I suppose is not the usual role play. Actually, I'd prolly be happier if I could identify as either butch or femme, but I guess it won't be happening in this lifetime! Many thanks for sharing the test.
interesting and very close to how I feel, thoughtful
It's just for fun, right? What's to think?
I thought it was cool, I've been transitioning for two years, now, and it's good to see something like this...now I can stop asking everyone if I'm too femme/butch, hee hee
I thought it was cool, and kinda funny too!!=)
This was fun.....am sending it to my butch gf!!
Jade and Rebel, I love your page. It is so much more fun then just surfing. And about the butch test, I have taken it twice and the results both times pretty much describe me. So I think I will be a crybaby about it. How come your test does not change my personality??? What is wrong with it. (I know you know I am kidding). Again, thanks for entertaining me so well.
This was fun.....am sending it to my butch gf!!
amusing test .. thanks
perhaps add a few more questions, some less consumer oriented, perhaps more moral value oriented?
I took the test for for but have to say, the resuts are pretty close to how I see myself.
fun test....it might be nice to have the form processor do the score tally, though (math still isn't my strong suit - I had to add up my scores three times)
Well, the two that got pushed my score a little "higher" than I thought it should be was the car one and the food one. Sure, I eat healthy (I am veggie) but given the choice of candy? Show me a femme who doesn't love chocolate! And the car... Little cute cars would be my choice, but I don't drive. All in all, it was cute!
Wonderful idea.
I LOVE this. So many of my friends ask me what's butch & what's femme. Showing them this test will help explain. Can't wait to give this link to my new girlfriend!
This was fun to do. It confirmed my belief of what I feel and who I am. Thanks
The description was pretty accurate except that I am definitely not a good personal housekeeper, nor do I require things to be neat!
it's cool....didn't knoe sumthing like this existed! =))
very enjoyable.....
Fun test, but hope people don't take it seriously. Ya'll have a great page. *S*
it was sometimes difficult to choose, for example, on the toilet question I would like to answer 'Scream for somebody else to fix it' and leave out the panic part...
Bit of a cumbersome system, having to write down the answers, scores, etc, instead of having the page do it for you. After all, this is the digital age... :-) Later
Amusing, though somewhat superficial. i don't see it as anything but a game. I hope people don't take it too seriously, as butch and femme are much more complex than 13 questions could possibly show
could you have added an unscented section for the which scents do you choose? I do use unscented items as well.
I am so glad I found out about this. Happened to be dropping in to the LOFT one day and...the rest is herstory
I think this was a fun test. Not a serious, but a fun test.
Pretty kool and accurate. Thanks!
I liked the test, the 0 to 100 continum scale makes this whole femme/butch identification easier to understand. Now I know where I rank. Thanks for the test.
Interesting.
Interesting...
very accurate test!!
this was fun!!! and thx!! although I am quite meticulous with the house keeping!! must be the femme in me, or the orderly Domme.
This test was fun - and I think it pretty much defined me. I scored slightly more femme than I thought I would; most of my friends say I'm butch, and I've been mistaken for a boy several times ('tho that was right after I'd shaved my head, and it was growing back). Anyway, fun test!
Very interesting. Pretty to close to what I would consider myself to be!
interesting test. you missed the clothing thing, though - i'd rather be dead than a preppie every day! but since i'm on the edge of classic butch anyway, that would make sense!
this site is fun (grin)
I like this quiz, and the results are pretty accurate too.
Results were right on the mark! :)
fun
very interesting, I took the test a short while ago and decided to take it again as though I was twenty, amazing some answers were different but the score was the same!
The test was fun
accurate
it's very fun and enlightening
WOW
Test came out accurately for me. Thx
Great site, cool test!
hmm...fun, but doesn't seem very revealing, especially for women in academia...i can't think of anyone i know who would score femme on this test...
I redid the test giving a little more thought and came out more on the femme side this time. I had actually made a couple of mistakes last time.. not reading properly!
Well, you didn't peg me, but some of my friends felt you got them down right. I think that you don't give us femmes enough credit for our independence and williness to fix our own toilets. (big grin) I scored a 46, but I'm not neat or preppy or much like the above, except for the interest in science and physical work. I guess I call myself a tough femme. thanks for the fun test!
Very interesting, I took the test before you made the most recent update and received a score of 34 both times.
It worked suprisingly well for me (except for the description of who I'm attracted to): I aspire to nelliness, although the degree to which I'm nelly varies dramatically in different areas of my life (so I'm sometimes nelly and sometimes butch; well, not *butch* butch, but moderately butch).
I loved the test.....
I think the test is quite accurate--found it to be amusing
I thought this was funny and fun--was pleased with my results (androgyne)! Now I'm going to get my husband to do the test...
pretty accurate in my case!
it's was nice as a joke, but not very realistic. i liked it though. it was funny. :)
interesting; results indicate how I see myself
It was pretty accurate, except about what I wear. In my case the word preppy is scary! and I also love to wear dresses/skirts, just not cutesy, flowery things.
It pretty much nailed me.
Great Page, Lots of Time and Effort are obvious. Please keep me updated.
Nice thought provoking test :)
Very interesting--and somewhat surprising (when it came to scoring).

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