TGMarla
10-18-2005, 05:36 PM
Hi again, ladies!
As we are all probably aware, there is a rather popular and current posting here about the COGIATI test. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's listed as "What's your T Score? Chocolateboygirl had just found it, but I think that most of us have been aware of it for years. Most of us have probably taken it more than once. I took it again this morning, because it has been a few years since I bothered with it. I got a 120, which didn't surprise me at all.
I've been away from home for over a month. It was nice in a way, because I got to dress every day if I felt like it. Now that I am home, I'll have to cool it a bit. But my back yard looked like it hadn't been mowed the entire time I was away. The grass was so tall, you could have played Jumanji in it. (Ha, ha, Marla, that's a good one! Jumanji....) While I was out there mowing it, I got to thinking about that test, and I got a little exasperated. See, I think there's a real fundimental flaw with the test and the way the transgender community reacts to it
I've visited a lot of personal websites, and I'll bet most of you have, too. A lot of girls mention their COGIATI score, and they act like, "See? That proves what a girl I am!" But let's face it. It's not a very scientific study. First of all, it only has 65 questions, hardly enough to make an in-depth analysis of someone's psyche. Furthermore, it is presented with a pretty pink background, so we can all feel more feminine when we take it. Whereas the questions, themselves, are for the most part pertinent, meaning they are what you would expect from such a study, the multiple choice answers are easy to manipulate. It's obvious which of the answers is the more "female" answer and which is gravitating towards the "male".
I have read a lot of bio's that suggest that the person featured in the website is trying hard to convince themselves that they are transexual, like that's the ultimate prize for the transgendered individual. They take the COGIATI test, click on all the more female answers, score something like a 290 or 300, and proclaim that their search for answers is over. "See? I'm a transexual! I just knew it!!!!!" The only way to get any kind of straight answer from that test is to be brutally honest with it. Did you really play house as a little boy? Or did you actually like your Tonka trucks and build tree forts. Be honest. Did you play baseball and football, or did you have tea and jump rope with your Barbies looking on?
I'd like to see how a few (or a few dozen) genetic girls score on that test. Since they aren't out to prove how feminine they are, I'm willing to bet that a large number of them would score squarely in the androgynous zone, too. And that's not in any way a knock on their womanhood. I just think that most people have both female and male personas somewhere inside of them, and that a certain level of androgeny inhabits us all.
Okay, I'm through spouting. I hope I didn't offend anyone, because that is absolutely not my intention. But I'm looking forward to the feedback.
Toodles,
Marla
As we are all probably aware, there is a rather popular and current posting here about the COGIATI test. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's listed as "What's your T Score? Chocolateboygirl had just found it, but I think that most of us have been aware of it for years. Most of us have probably taken it more than once. I took it again this morning, because it has been a few years since I bothered with it. I got a 120, which didn't surprise me at all.
I've been away from home for over a month. It was nice in a way, because I got to dress every day if I felt like it. Now that I am home, I'll have to cool it a bit. But my back yard looked like it hadn't been mowed the entire time I was away. The grass was so tall, you could have played Jumanji in it. (Ha, ha, Marla, that's a good one! Jumanji....) While I was out there mowing it, I got to thinking about that test, and I got a little exasperated. See, I think there's a real fundimental flaw with the test and the way the transgender community reacts to it
I've visited a lot of personal websites, and I'll bet most of you have, too. A lot of girls mention their COGIATI score, and they act like, "See? That proves what a girl I am!" But let's face it. It's not a very scientific study. First of all, it only has 65 questions, hardly enough to make an in-depth analysis of someone's psyche. Furthermore, it is presented with a pretty pink background, so we can all feel more feminine when we take it. Whereas the questions, themselves, are for the most part pertinent, meaning they are what you would expect from such a study, the multiple choice answers are easy to manipulate. It's obvious which of the answers is the more "female" answer and which is gravitating towards the "male".
I have read a lot of bio's that suggest that the person featured in the website is trying hard to convince themselves that they are transexual, like that's the ultimate prize for the transgendered individual. They take the COGIATI test, click on all the more female answers, score something like a 290 or 300, and proclaim that their search for answers is over. "See? I'm a transexual! I just knew it!!!!!" The only way to get any kind of straight answer from that test is to be brutally honest with it. Did you really play house as a little boy? Or did you actually like your Tonka trucks and build tree forts. Be honest. Did you play baseball and football, or did you have tea and jump rope with your Barbies looking on?
I'd like to see how a few (or a few dozen) genetic girls score on that test. Since they aren't out to prove how feminine they are, I'm willing to bet that a large number of them would score squarely in the androgynous zone, too. And that's not in any way a knock on their womanhood. I just think that most people have both female and male personas somewhere inside of them, and that a certain level of androgeny inhabits us all.
Okay, I'm through spouting. I hope I didn't offend anyone, because that is absolutely not my intention. But I'm looking forward to the feedback.
Toodles,
Marla