How Feminine Are You? Quiz From 1948 Helps Promote Gender Stereotypes (PHOTO)

Socially constructed gender roles can pretty much sum up the late 1940s. Need proof? Look no further than the"PsychoQuiz" from 1948.

The quiz, which wasfirst posted by FullTable.com, poses six blatantly stereotypical questions that are almost painful to read, never mind complete.

And as BuzzFeed sums up, they're sure to help you finally figure out if you're really a man or a woman.

Although many might take issue with its content, if anything, the quiz does serve as a reminder of how far we've come the past 65 years, according to The Gloss.

Take the quiz below and tell us what you think.

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Comments

[Kambriel2]

08:45 PM on 05/21/2012

I would have read War in the Pacific.I plant roses because I'm less successful at killing them than I am with most plants. Slipcovers are things you buy when the cat has scratched the furniture up too bad. Peter Cushing was probably my favorite actor, but he's dead. I wouldn't be caught dead crabbing and I quit dancing when I got sober and realized that I'm a total dancing spazz. So, I'm guessing I'm not the late 40's ideal kind of gal.

[IslamicPacifist]

02:54 AM on 05/21/2012

*shrugs*
What's wrong with it?

[saa5886]

10:38 AM on 05/21/2012

I agree. I don't see anything wrong about embracing being a woman or a man. I think, personally, that a lot of whats wrong with society now is in relation to confusion over the roles we're meant to embrace. But, that's just me :-) Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[saa5886]

10:50 AM on 05/21/2012

On the same note though, I dont see how some of the things mentioned in these photos can be considered masculine or feminine. Plaid seems like it would be masculine, but if you turn it a more feminine color, it changes everything. Honestly I think this is kind of silly....

[LikeaRollingStone]

09:55 PM on 05/20/2012

Reminds me of that old Saturday Night Live skit, "It's Pat" with Julia Sweeney as the androgynous character whose co-workers were always trying to figure out if Pat was male or female.

Co-worker: So, Pat, are you going to watch Monday Night Football or Murphy Brown tonight?

Pat: Neither, I rented a movie.

Co-worker: Oh yeah, which one?

Pat: Tootsie, heh-heh-heh-heh.

[sdg121578]

08:10 PM on 05/20/2012

I scored a 7, so I am basically a man. I guess I can quit wearing makeup and heels to work now.

[Humberto Guida]

01:42 PM on 05/21/2012

You also have a cat as your profile picture...

[surfette72]

05:39 PM on 05/20/2012

"Many might take issue with it's content?" Good grief, it was 1948 for pete's sake. Let sleeping dogs lie.

[IslamicPacifist]

02:58 AM on 05/21/2012

There's nothing wrong with the content, anyway.
Men and women are quite different, and even though it's not 100% accurate
it is just a magazine clipping

[el Oso con Queso]

03:25 PM on 05/20/2012

I think you need to read more closely- this article doesn't promote gender stereotypes at all. It acknowledges that "masculine" and "feminine" interests are not what make someone male or female, and people have a range of interests that should be respected, regardless of their gender. I think that is remarkably progressive, even by today's standards.

It says right there in the copy, "It's no reflection on your masculinity if you are a man and sometimes prefer feminine things. Nor should you feel dismayed if you are a woman and have some masculine tastes." We still haven't learned that, sixty-five years later.

Flowers and romance novels are more feminine. Furniture repair and books about war are more masculine. These are culturally-assigned values that absolutely are still true today. Denying it doesn't do anyone any good. What makes more sense, and what the article encourages us to do, is to acknowledge that certain interests and activities are culturally aligned with different genders- and that if you like them, you should do them anyway, whether you're a man who likes reading romance novels or a woman who would rather get dirty digging crabs than go dancing.

[enhancedvibes]

07:26 AM on 05/22/2012

I agree as to your first and second paragraphs that is why I wonder where the "quiz" truly came from. Some of the comments on here dont seem to understand that though and believe the quiz only highlights the differences between men and women, which is not what the copy says as you pointed out.

[Professor Wagstaff]

02:52 PM on 05/20/2012

Actually things haven't changed at all, magazines still regularly publish inane tests & quizzes

[BrianWilliams5]

02:00 PM on 05/20/2012

I like both of the options in those questions, what does that make me?

[IslamicPacifist]

03:00 AM on 05/21/2012

A weirdo~
But that's ok
I won't judge you

[shawmlaw]

03:11 AM on 05/20/2012

"PSYCHOquiz", how appropriately named.

[tiamo]

01:00 AM on 05/20/2012

"PsychoQuiz" from 1948."

"...the quiz does serve as a reminder of how far we've come the past 65 years..." - H

65 years? 2012 - 1948 = 64 not 65 years.

We obviously have not come far enough.

[BrianWilliams5]

02:02 PM on 05/20/2012

Your silly i just checked the math again, it is 65 years.

[Professor Wagstaff]

02:54 PM on 05/20/2012

Math Tip: Subtract any even number from another even number and if your answer is an odd number, you are WRONG

[canthhavethefish]

08:43 PM on 05/20/2012

*you're.

And also, 2012 - 1948 = 2012.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+2012+minus+1948

[MikeDu]

12:47 AM on 05/20/2012

Often stereotypes are are stereotypes for a reason. Sure, not *everybody* falls at the same point along the graph but there is indeed a great middle of the population that behaves 'stereotypically' to their patricular subgroup. Its really a kind of bigotry to flee in such horror the 'typical' attributes of your particular subgroup. I think this this part of the American cult of radical individuality. Heaven forbid you're just part of the herd. Like 'Lake Woebegone' where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.

[jf12]

10:51 PM on 05/19/2012

Neither for drapes, both flowers and vegetables, I often repair chairs and it's no fun at all, crabbing is fun except, you know, with complaining girls, both books, zero movies.

[dil123]

08:32 PM on 05/19/2012

I took the test and only made 5 points so I guess I don't exist. I like plaid curtains as long as they are pastel. I couldn't answer the gardening or puttering (really puttering?) question because the only thing I hate more than gardening is sewing or carpentry. I got over romantic novels by the time I was 18 so I would have read about the war, and as far as movies, I guess my favorite star is a woman, but I don't even know who the latest stars are I haven't been to the movies in so long. But on the other hand, I love to go shopping at the mall (that use to be my cardio), I decorated all my daughter's birthday cakes on my own when she was a kid, I just got an 'A' on my final drawing in my Beginning Drawing class in college, and I cook at home, and I wear makeup and earrings most everyday even if I don't leave the house. So I guess, I could be a woman, even though I could go crabbing with my boyfriend (if I had one).

[DSevere]

07:01 PM on 05/19/2012

1. Fabrics: both of those are hideous.
2. Gardening: none of the above. I like palm trees, cacti, and odd-looking plants that look like they came as spores from outer space.
3. Puttering: none of the above.
4. Recreation: none of the above.
5. Books: none of the above
6. Movie stars: don't really have a favorite

This test isn't very conclusive... ;)

[FarmerWaltz]

04:54 PM on 05/19/2012

But what if I like slip covers AND vegetables?