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S.A.G.E. Test?

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by PrettyinPunk, May 11, 2016.

  1. PrettyinPunk

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    So I was looking up different things about gender and I guess gender behavior/expression. I came across the S.A.G.E. test and decided to take it, not expecting much. I think the results were kinda interesting. If I remember correctly (lost the results due to internet crash) I scored -335 which gave the result female gender identity with an androgynous brain. I take these things with a grain of salt, but I wonder if it would be easier to explain if I said I have an androgynous brain?

    Just curious if anyone else had taken the test and what their results were, or opinions on it in general. Do you think it's valid at all, or just a nonsense, time waster?

    If your interested in taking the test here's the link. As a note, it's a long test, over 100 questions.
    The S.A.G.E. Test | Sex And Gender Explorer

    Any input would be awesome! Thanks!
     
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    I took it before, it always gives me male brain, androgynous overall and androgynous socialising. I ALWAYS get male brain in that kind of tests, I've no idea. Buuuut... yes, I can sense it in daily life, I relate to men much better. Not to roles, to people.
     
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    Im unable to use those images, redirect error or something.
     
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    Same for me. Weird.

    From what I recall the last time I took it some of the questions attributed certain activities with one gender or the other, usually in stereotypical ways (as I recall). So I wouldn't take the results as gospel.
     
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    There's a few old threads on this you can search for if you are interested in the results. I think mine's been posted to two different threads by now.

    It's not a bad starting point for a conversation, but the problem I have with it is that it is still built up on fairly old concepts around transgender and transsexual individuals. It has stuff dating back to the 80s and still uses Blanchard's psudeoscience as part of the classification.

    So I wouldn't lean on it to reveal any profound truth. It's not going to really do that. But an unexpected result may make you think about yourself differently, and spur you to dig out a profound truth on your own.
     
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    I found a lot of quizzes/tests seem to stereotype genders, too.

    Any quizzes on the internet I don't take very seriously. They're fun to take and to see what result you'll get, but other than that, I don't think any quiz can tell you what you are or what you aren't.

    I know I took this before and got:

     
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    I remember taking this years ago but I can't remember the results which is a shame as although the test shouldn't be taken too seriously, it would be somewhat interesting to compare my results. Also, I find the image questions which require you to choose anj image often don't work anymore, so I need to choose an answer at random.

    I got the following, which I don't really fully agree with (I almost never crossdress) although it would explain my confusion as to my gneder identity - S.A.G.E. Test Results
    Your Raw Score is: 310, which indicates that overall you are Androgynous

    Your appearance is Masculine

    Your brain processes are mostly that of a Androgynous person.

    You appear to socialize in a androgynous manner.

    You believe you have mild conflicts about your gender identity.

    You indicated your were born Male.

    ANALYSIS:
    Male to Female Crossdresser
    NOTES:

    You are in a statistical minority as a bisexual crossdresser. Most crossdressers are heterosexual. Your motivation for crossdressing may be driven by the binary nature of your sexuality, as a way to more fully explore the Female gender role.
     
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    And this test tells me I'm asexual! Buuuulllllshiiiit.
    And it tells me I'm a crossdresser. I don't crossdress. Men's clothing just looks cool :grin: but... not in order to look like a man... it's cool, end of story.

    ---------- Post added 11th May 2016 at 04:22 PM ----------

    It gave me transsexual too...
     
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    Yeah, aside from the fact that now I cannot make the test work in my browsers... the above post reminds me I also got labelled as a crossdresses a while ago. This was before I accepted my identity, though, so I would actually like to see if the test continues to be inaccurate, or that maybe the result changes - just for fun.

    If anyone knows how to make the images appear without crashing the test, please let me know.
     
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    Have you tried clicking "back" in the browser? Or opening in a new tab/window?
     
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    yeah, I also tried Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera, and Edge... and I don't plan on installing firefox just to see if the test works. I remember having the same problems a year ago or so, but I just don't know how I got around it.
     
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    I got this:

    Your Raw Score is: -375, which indicates that overall you are Androgynous

    Your appearance is Androgynous

    Your brain processes are mostly that of a Androgynous person.

    You appear to socialize in a masculine manner.

    You believe you have serious conflicts about your gender identity.

    You indicated your were born Female.

    ANALYSIS:
    Female to Male Transsexual, who is a serious candidate for Gender Reassignment Surgery

    It's actually quite accurate.
     
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    S.A.G.E. Test Results
    Your Raw Score is: 320, which indicates that overall you are Androgynous

    Your appearance is Masculine

    Your brain processes are mostly that of a Androgynous person.

    You appear to socialize in a feminine manner.

    You believe you have major conflicts about your gender identity.

    You indicated your were born Male.

    ANALYSIS:
    Male to Female Transsexual, who is a serious candidate for Gender Reassignment Surgery
    NOTES:

    Your answers indicate you have altered your physical appearance to look like the opposite sex.
    Your Answers indicate your psychological state has likely prevailed since you were quite young.
     
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    A lot of the questions on here are stereotypical, and a lot of the questions are repetitive.

    So I can't take it that seriously, but it's interesting.

    I got:

    Your Raw Score is: -415, which indicates that overall you are Androgynous

    Your appearance is Feminine

    Your brain processes are mostly that of a Male person.

    You appear to socialize in a androgynous manner.

    You believe you have mild conflicts about your gender identity.

    You indicated your were born Female.

    ANALYSIS:
    Female to Male possible Transsexual
    NOTES:
    [none]
     
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    Yeah I figured it was posted sometime before. I knew it wasn't new or groundbreaking, honestly I was impressed it asked more than ten questions.

    I don't think I got the crossdressing thing, I do wear guys clothes sometimes, but like you said for comfort and coolness. Did get possible FtM as well, but I'm highly doubtful in that one.

    It crashed on me too. I could still see the images briefly to eventually answer the questions. Except one that crashed and refused to reload. I thought it might be cause I was using my phone. I have Firefox on my lappy though.

    Thanks again for the responses guys. I suppose we can say at best it's fun/interesting but not something to take very seriously.

    Ok just checked on Firefox, still get the error redirect.
     
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    Your Raw Score is: 355, which indicates that overall you are Androgynous

    Your appearance is Androgynous

    Your brain processes are mostly that of a Androgynous person.

    You appear to socialize in a androgynous manner.

    You believe you have major conflicts about your gender identity.

    You indicated your were born Female.

    ANALYSIS:
    Female to Male Transsexual in doubt about your ability to successfully transition.
    NOTES:

    Your Answers indicate your psychological state has likely prevailed since you were quite young.

    It is pretty accurate.
     
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    Your Raw Score is: 420, which indicates that overall you are Androgynous

    Your appearance is Masculine

    Your brain processes are mostly that of a Androgynous person.

    You appear to socialize in a androgynous manner.

    You believe you have major conflicts about your gender identity.

    You indicated your were born Female.

    ANALYSIS: Female to Male Transsexual, who is a serious candidate for Gender Reassignment Surgery
    NOTES: Your Answers indicate your psychological state has likely prevailed since you were quite young.

    I tried all my browsers as well, ended up skipping all the image questions since they were broken, and the measurement questions since I don't care to get a ruler out.

    I'd be interested to know what the number range is, it seems really common to get 'overall androgynous'.
     
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    "ANALYSIS:
    Female to Male Transsexual in doubt about your ability to successfully transition.
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    Your Answers indicate your psychological state has likely prevailed since you were quite young."

    I got that one recently, when I was unsuccessfuly trying to pass. I always get the "since young" part, I'm not sure why. As if little girls couldn't like to run, yell and climb trees... That's sexist. (side note: I'm not quick to point out sexism and often come across as sexist)

    Mmm... they didn't take into account that someone may enjoy tinkering as a hobby... I do, and choosing between "yeah real men!" and "it needs to be done", I was at a loss. I have always liked that kind of stuff. That one they got wrong too.

    And I use Firefox.

    Most questions are stupid and stereotypical (those that later make up for socialising and brain), but it's just psychological test techinique: you ask lots of stupid questions to distract the reader and then ask the real question and repeat it throughout over and over again. I think here the real questions were
    -who you feel you are on the inside
    -how distressed you are about it
    -how do you feel about being "mistaken" for the opposite sex
    -how do you feel about hormones and surgeries
    -have you changed your appearance to reassemble the opposite sex more
    -how do you feel about being a man or a woman
    and probably a couple more like these.
     
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    It said I'm androgynous, don't really know what's that.
    And also mtf trans in doubt of transitioning which is a bit spot on
     
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    Your Raw Score is: 365, which indicates that overall you are Androgynous
    Your appearance is Androgynous
    Your brain processes are mostly that of a Androgynous person.
    You appear to socialize in a androgynous manner.
    You believe you have mild conflicts about your gender identity.
    You indicated your were born Female.

    ANALYSIS:
    Female to Male Transsexual in doubt about your ability to successfully transition.
    When I took it 2 years ago it said normal doubts about gender identity and FtM crossdresser so it's been kinda evolving.