The Ambivalent Sexism Quiz

[PLarry]

I'm not sure this test is as much about sexism as it is a representation of the 1950s nuclear family, or perhaps the Flintstones.

[WalkingDisaster]

The quiz doesn't really work- there are questions like "Women are offended too easily". What if I wanted to answer that some women are and some aren't, same with men? There's no option for that, just whether I agree or not.

[silvercobra101]

I got 2.91 for both. These things are always funny!

It's sexism to want to be a knight in shining armor?

I don't even have any idea what my "hostile" sexism is.

[Fantas Eyes]

Hostile Sexism: 1.55
Benevolent Sexism: 3.91

[slyestfox]

Hostile Sexism Score: 1.73
Benevolent Sexism Score: 2.82

This is after my second try, I had to do it twice before I really understood what the questions meant. The questions were pretty vague, and I'm kinda upset that you couldn't be in the middle of the two extremes, but in general its not too bad of a quiz.

[slyestfox]

Originally Posted by silvercobra101

I got 2.91 for both. These things are always funny!

It's sexism to want to be a knight in shining armor?

I don't even have any idea what my "hostile" sexism is.

I agree, when did that become a bad thing, and why didn't I get the memmo?

[northstar1991]

Hostile Sexism Score: 1.36
Benevolent Sexism Score: 1.09

[sarafinanickelbocker]

Hostile Sexism Score: 1.45
Benevolent Sexism Score: 0.27

[Fruitcake]

Originally Posted by slyestfox

I agree, when did that become a bad thing, and why didn't I get the memmo?

It's bad to me because it creates expectations of men to be strong and very masculine so they can look after women. It also means you probably think of women as being weaker and needing more help than men, which is "benevolent" if it means you open doors for them and pay for their meals but is negative because stereotypes like that make progress for women more difficult. And women are more likely to be judged if they don't fit into that stereotype.
Also, it sucks because it means men are expected to pay for women and do all the initiating in relationships.

[Who]

Hostile Sexism Score: 0.45
Benevolent Sexism Score: 1.27

Intresting seeing the different stats based on country.

[VaeVictis]

Hostile Sexism Score: 3.91
Benevolent Sexism Score: 1.91

So because I don't think a certain way I hate women?

[arnie]

Hostile Sexism Score: 3.45
Benevolent Sexism Score: 2.91

What do I win?

[luceo]

Hostile sexism score: 0.55
Benevelent sexism score: 1.55

I knew the benevelent would be higher than hostile. Although it's a low score, it's still a little higher than I'd like it to be.

Originally Posted by VaeVictis

So because I don't think a certain way I hate women?

Depends on the way you do think.

[The Silent 1]

Hostile Sexism Score: 1.36
Benevolent Sexism Score: 0.91


Some of these questions are odd and too broad. They also don't allow a good range of answers. For example:

Feminists are making entirely reasonable demands of men.(Which feminists?)

Men are complete without women. (What does this even mean? Complete how? I don't think a man has to have woman in his life, is this what is meant?)

Women seek to gain power by getting control over men. (There a few that though, but women are not some secret group who all think alike. This question doesn't even say "some" or "there are", they just make a really broad statement")

Feminists are not seeking for women to have more power than men. (Again, which feminists?)

People are often truly happy in life without being romantically involved with a member of the other sex. (How in the world does this question measure sexism? )

EDIT: I took the test again and answered some stuff slightly differently and still got:
Hostile Sexism Score: 1.82
Benevolent Sexism Score: 1.45

My scores still pretty low, but I still think this test is BS.

[luceo]

Originally Posted by The Silent 1

Feminists are making entirely reasonable demands of men.(Which feminists?)
...
Feminists are not seeking for women to have more power than men. (Again, which feminists?)

I assumed that it was essentially asking us what our definition of feminism is. If we believe feminists are just people who want equality between women and men then we would strongly disagree with the statements. Likewise, if we believe that feminists want superiority then we'd strongly agree. If you believe that it's some sort of shade of grey, then you'd pick a response somewhere in the middle.

Originally Posted by The Silent 1

Women seek to gain power by getting control over men. (There a few that though, but women are not some secret group who all think alike. This question doesn't even say "some" or "there are", they just make a really broad statement")

For this question (and similar questions) I assumed that the 'strongly disagree' meant an absolute negative and the 'strongly agree' meant an absolute positive. If you believe that only some women are like that you'd pick something left of centre, if you believe that most women are like that you'd pick something right of centre.

Perhaps the interpretation of the questions is just as telling as the answers?

Having said all that, yeah, it's still not great. And it's not like it's really possible to accurately quantify something like sexism anyway. And I'm probably making way too much of a deal about a small internet quiz.

[Fruitcake]

Originally Posted by The Silent 1

Hostile Sexism Score: 1.36
Benevolent Sexism Score: 0.91


Some of these questions are odd and too broad. They also don't allow a good range of answers. For example:

Feminists are making entirely reasonable demands of men.(Which feminists?)

Men are complete without women. (What does this even mean? Complete how? I don't think a man has to have woman in his life, is this what is meant?)

Women seek to gain power by getting control over men. (There a few that though, but women are not some secret group who all think alike. This question doesn't even say "some" or "there are", they just make a really broad statement")

Feminists are not seeking for women to have more power than men. (Again, which feminists?)

People are often truly happy in life without being romantically involved with a member of the other sex. (How in the world does this question measure sexism? )

EDIT: I took the test again and answered some stuff slightly differently and still got:
Hostile Sexism Score: 1.82
Benevolent Sexism Score: 1.45

My scores still pretty low, but I still think this test is BS.

Yeah, I aimed to get a perfect score and the only way to do it is answering that you think that all feminists are reasonable and that no women are ever manipulative and some other ridiculous things.

[The Silent 1]

Originally Posted by Fruitcake

Yeah, I aimed to get a perfect score and the only way to do it is answering that you think that all feminists are reasonable and that no women are ever manipulative and some other ridiculous things.

Well that just confirms that this test is biased nonsense.

[KumagoroBeam]

Originally Posted by The Silent 1

Some of these questions are odd and too broad. They also don't allow a good range of answers. For example:

Feminists are making entirely reasonable demands of men.(Which feminists?)

Men are complete without women. (What does this even mean? Complete how? I don't think a man has to have woman in his life, is this what is meant?)

Women seek to gain power by getting control over men. (There a few that though, but women are not some secret group who all think alike. This question doesn't even say "some" or "there are", they just make a really broad statement")

Feminists are not seeking for women to have more power than men. (Again, which feminists?)

People are often truly happy in life without being romantically involved with a member of the other sex. (How in the world does this question measure sexism? ).

This.

Hostile Sexism Score: 0.91
Benevolent Sexism Score: 0.09

[blue the puppy]

Hostile Sexism Score: 3.09
Benevolent Sexism Score: 1.73

lol i dont like women

[pita]

Originally Posted by pita

Zero for both.

I got the same answer again, three and a half years later.

POW!