Feminist Test

[Wonder Woman]

Fun Feminist Test that boys can take too.

I'm learning so much about myself!

Evidently, I'm a "Liberal Extremist"

You scored 33% Gender-Abolitionist, 80% Sexually Liberal, and 60 % Socialist

You are the liberal extremist. You possess typical views of the Liberal feminist in that you are pro-choice, sexually liberated, and generally leftist, but you are a lot more extreme. You may believe that sexual repression mirrors the oppression of women or that traditional sexual morality often hinders women's freedom. You also believe that our governmental structures need to be radically reshaped to reflect a socialist or communist ideology in order to best relieve the oppression of women. For you, the oppression of women is directly caused by a class society's oppression of its lower classes. Subtle legislation or individual changes would not be enough to grant women true freedom from the patriarchy. Instead, the government needs to rid itself of class inequalities. Another way to describe your stance is to say you are a Marxist Feminist. Sexual liberation and radical politics best describe your stance.

[Erasmus]

Thanks for that! I think it's one I missed in my list!

Your result for The Feminism Test ...
Revisionist

You scored 83% Gender-Abolitionist, 100% Sexually Liberal, and 60 % Socialist
You are the Revisionist Feminist! You are, by far, the most philosophical, the most sexually-liberated, and the most politically extreme variety of feminist. You are very, very freedom-oriented. You abhor oppression in all forms. For instance, your views on sexual liberation and reproductive control adequately reflect your devotion to personal freedom. Not only that, but you also feel gender needs to be destroyed to maximize equality and freedom, because accepting socially-constructed gender roles binds women into false categories and places upon them an unneeded identity. Gender should not be a part of one's identity, but rather an irrelevant aspect of their physical bodies, such as their hair length or nose shape. Not only that, but Revisionist Feminists are political extremists and feel very strongly that the oppression of class society is a big part of the cause of women's oppression. Basically, a Revisionist feels that cultural ideas of gender, political class, and repressive sexual morality all work together to oppress women, and the only way to truly escape this oppression is to challenge all of these problems directly and extremely. You are a Marxist, a Gender Abolitionist, and a Liberal Feminist all rolled into one.


I take issue with a few of the questions. The test takes it for granted that women are oppressed but nowhere that men might be so too. It tends to assume (as all feminists do) that traditional masculine is superior, feminine inferior and women need to fall into men's traditional activities to 'become' equal, without questioning the value of those activities themselves or men leaving them to value domestic life as equal for themselves as well as for women. Most of what feminists claim to want. is what everybody else has taken for granted for about two generations and only the poor old feminists seem to be stuck in a 1950s time warp where all things macho are superior and girls who share sexual relations with men on as equals are kidding themselves giving it away cheap to male oppressors since women are not capable of sexual demand upon men in their own right and only service men as passive victims.

[Wonder Woman]

Jun 9, 2010 23:14:05 GMT -5 Erasmus said:

Thanks for that! I think it's one I missed in my list!

Your result for The Feminism Test ...
Revisionist

You scored 83% Gender-Abolitionist, 100% Sexually Liberal, and 60 % Socialist
You are the Revisionist Feminist! You are, by far, the most philosophical, the most sexually-liberated, and the most politically extreme variety of feminist. You are very, very freedom-oriented. You abhor oppression in all forms. For instance, your views on sexual liberation and reproductive control adequately reflect your devotion to personal freedom. Not only that, but you also feel gender needs to be destroyed to maximize equality and freedom, because accepting socially-constructed gender roles binds women into false categories and places upon them an unneeded identity. Gender should not be a part of one's identity, but rather an irrelevant aspect of their physical bodies, such as their hair length or nose shape. Not only that, but Revisionist Feminists are political extremists and feel very strongly that the oppression of class society is a big part of the cause of women's oppression. Basically, a Revisionist feels that cultural ideas of gender, political class, and repressive sexual morality all work together to oppress women, and the only way to truly escape this oppression is to challenge all of these problems directly and extremely. You are a Marxist, a Gender Abolitionist, and a Liberal Feminist all rolled into one.


I take issue with a few of the questions. The test takes it for granted that women are oppressed but nowhere that men might be so too. It tends to assume (as all feminists do) that traditional masculine is superior, feminine inferior and women need to fall into men's traditional activities to 'become' equal, without questioning the value of those activities themselves or men leaving them to value domestic life as equal for themselves as well as for women. Most of what feminists claim to want. is what everybody else has taken for granted for about two generations and only the poor old feminists seem to be stuck in a 1950s time warp where all things macho are superior and girls who share sexual relations with men on as equals are kidding themselves giving it away cheap to male oppressors since women are not capable of sexual demand upon men in their own right and only service men as passive victims.

I agree completely that the test is quite biased and assumes women should feel oppressed even if they are enjoying their (chosen) roles ~ in and out of bed. So, I don't really 'get' what makes me extreme even after the explanation.

Tomorrow I plan to take a couple of your tests to see if I can learn less about myself.

[Erasmus]

I have to go in a couple of minutes but I put this up somewhere else yesterday, as to how much opposites have in common - Capitalism-Communism, really a squabble about ownership but no question that 19th century style industrial employment is where it's at; militant fundamentalists-atheists, believe or disbelieve but no question that Bible stories are presented as fact not myth and God is some quasi-physical magician; feminism-'male chauvinism', disagreement about who does what but no question that whatever the women were doing at home is far less important than the man out at work and she she is his servant, not he hers - or perish the thought, even if they split roles, each role is of equal value.