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Do You Have a Male or Female Brain?

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JustTurtlesAllTheWayDown · 01/09/2019 08:21

www.magiquiz.com/quiz/is-your-brain-more-male-or-female/

I know it's just a stupid online quiz but this is the environment young people are growing up in, and I thought you'd all find it ridiculous.

I got 'female' which means I'm better at finding my keys and maintaining the peace apparently.

If you can't be bothered to look at the quiz (which is sensible because it is daft and looong), it consists of questions like:

What was your favorite thing to do as a child?
- Play Doh all day
- Play with my Easy Bake Oven.
- Make Creepy Crawlers

You're walking through your house. How likely are you to notice dirty plates on the table?
- I always notice them.
- If I’m not distracted I’ll notice them.
- If I’m paying close attention I might notice them.
- I probably won’t notice until someone mentions them.

Do You Have a Male or Female Brain?
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Qcng · 01/09/2019 12:04

Surely most peoples brains are a mix

Sorry but liking pink or finding your keys or being submissive is sexist stereotyping and nothing to do with being female (except that when you're female you're indoctrinated to believe you should behave certain way from your social development).

The brain is "plastic". You learn from your environment. The brain is not inherently built with a preference for .

The brain controls the hormonal endocrine system of your body which will be very different in males or females. Asking "Did you prefer maths or art at school" will not give any single clue as to whether your brain released a flood of testosterone on reaching puberty or not.

These ridiculous tests are a pile of sexist crap.

greentheme23 · 01/09/2019 08:59

I stopped at 9 as it's such a badly worded quiz.

SnuggyBuggy · 01/09/2019 08:58

Surely most peoples brains are a mix

SuperLoudPoppingAction · 01/09/2019 08:57

I have a 'male' brain. I'm autistic.
I still have to find the keys.
Not just with my DC but at work for some reason.

ChickenNuggetsChipsAndBeans · 01/09/2019 08:50

It's so regressive. I cant believe that we are foung back to a place where females are defined by stereotypes.

It is so dangerous particularly in a world where AI will dominate the world in the next 30 years and tech companies seem full of woke bros. Sorry for the detail and conspiracy theory rant.

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JustTurtlesAllTheWayDown · 01/09/2019 08:42

It’s not ridiculous. It’s harmful. What messages does that give a teenage girl who does not fit the female sterotypes? There’s something wrong with me?

You're 100% right. This whole female = sexual stereotype thing is everywhere and I still can't quite work out how the hell we got here. It's a massive step backward.

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Angryresister · 01/09/2019 08:34

I am female therefore my brain is a female brain as is my body.

MIdgebabe · 01/09/2019 08:26

It’s not ridiculous. It’s harmful. What messages does that give a teenage girl who does not fit the female sterotypes? There’s something wrong with me?

What messages does it give other teenage girls? There is something wrong with her. Where does that lead. Bullying and exclusions.

EmpressLesbianInChair · 01/09/2019 08:23

Oh lovely. The same gender crap that stopped women voting, being scientists etc because our brains couldn’t cope.