HOW GAY ARE YOU?

How do you score on the masculinity-femininity scale?

Here are some questions from the the Terman-Miles test:

+ indicates a masculine response

- indicates a feminine response

0 indicates a neutral response

1. Look at the word in capital letters, then choose one of the four words that follow it.

Choose the word that seems to you to go best or most naturally with the word in capitals.

1. TENDER

a. kind -

b. loving -

c. meat +

d. sore 0

2) BOOK

a. cover 0

b. paper +

c. print +

d. read -

3) PURE

a. good -

b. milk +

c. water -

d. white 0



2. In each sentence, choose the word that makes the sentence true.

1. We should drink tea from the

a. cup -

b. saucer +

c. spoon +

2. The earth moves around the sun in

a. 7 days -

b. 30 days 0

c. 180 days -

d. 365 days +

3.  Beethoven is known as a

a. composer -

b. painter +

c. poet +

d. singer -

Deviled.

4. Eggs are best for us when

a. deviled -

b. fried +

c. hard-boiled +

d. soft-boiled -

5. Marco Polo was a famous

a. king 0

b. philosopher -

c. traveler +

d. warrior -

6. Tokyo is a city of

a. China -

b. India -

c. Japan +

d. Russia 0



3. Below is a list of things that sometimes cause anger. 

Choose one of the following - VM means VERY MUCH; M means MUCH; L means A LITTLE; N means NONE - to show how much anger it causes you.

1. Being blamed for something you have not done

VM -

M 0

L +

N 0

3. Being called stupid

VM -

M 0

L +

N 0

4. Being called a thief

VM 0

M 0

L +

N -

5. Seeing boys make fun of old people

VM -

M +

L +

N 0

6. Seeing a person laugh at a cripple

VM -

M +

L 0

N +

4. Below is a list of things that often cause fear. 

Choose VM, M, L, or N to indicate how much fear it causes you. VM means VERY MUCH; M means MUCH; L means A LITTLE; N means NONE

1.  End of the world

VM -

M -

L -

N +

2. Negroes

VM -

M -

L -

N +

5. Below is a list of acts of various degrees of wickedness of badness. Choose 3, 2, 1, or 0 to show how wicked or bad you think it is.

3 means EXTREMELY WICKED; 2 means DECIDEDLY BAD;

1 means SOMEWHAT BAD; 0 means NOT REALLY BAD.

1. Making fun of cripples

3 -

2 +

1 +

0 -

2. Going to bed without saying your prayers

3 -

2 -

1 +

0 +

3. Being a Bolshevik

3 +

2 -

1 0

0 0

4. Not standing up when the “Star-Spangled Banner” is played

3 -

2 +

1 +

0 -

5. Shooting rabbits for fun

3 -

2 0

1 +

0 +

Back in 1936, if you were male and answered too femininely, you were considered to be gay.