Having nothing better to do, I too this test. I seem to remember taking it about 5 years ago... and came out as androgene then too. Which I find a little odd.
I suppose I occur as soft butch or something similar to the outside world. But I definitely don't see myself that way. Neither am I on a mission to out-butch everyone else. I just have no interest in being prissy. And I don't want anyone else getting in my way if I want to play with the boy's toys (ooooh. hammer drill. pretty!). Though, when I do start to play with the hammer drill, I'm likely to be thoroughly cautious with it.
Damn, I think I just validated the test.
But seriously. I'm interested in the ways we construct our wardrobe and habits to allow us access to different bits of society. You can see it all the time. People tend to dress to suit the people they want to hang around with. And the tend to wear clothes that set them up to participate in activities they enjoy. For me, much of gender construction is about that. If you aren't wearing the cowboy hat, you'll end up in the kitchen.
Odd. It seems that everyone else uses it as a form of self expression. I'm not at all sure that it expresses myself, so much as it allows me to do the things that express myself.
Posted by carla at September 21, 2003 11:11 PM