Application Exercise: Gender Roles

The BEM Sex-Role Inventory is a checklist completed by the participant with the goal of trying to determine how masculine or feminine an individual is. Before taking the survey, please read all of the assignment directions, making special note of #4 BEFORE you take the survey. You may want to note these 10 words as you work. Each page of the survey represents a different gender category: masculine, feminine, and androgynous (not necessarily in this order). Once you have read the assignment directions, begin the BEM Sex-Role Inventory(https://www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.3.2/survey?s=BsNnQ)

Take the online inventory and get your score. Record or take a screenshot of your score(https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-any-device). Note the category you scored the highest in, does this match your current gender? My gender is Male

After completing the inventory and recording your results, in 2 pages answer the following questions:

1. What were the results of your sex-role inventory?

2. Do you agree or disagree with your results?

3. Explain why or why not. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this inventory?

4. From your perspective, list five words that would be considered “feminine” and five words that would be considered “masculine” in nature. What influences you to consider each of these words as either masculine or feminine?

5. Do you think contemporary society should concern itself with what is considered feminine and what is considered masculine or just focus on equality between the sexes? Explain your perspective.

6. Provide any other thoughts or insights you have on the gender or gender stratification.