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this_one wrote

I like this, but I don't think it's entirely without flaws, in two main ways. The first is in quite a few questions, for example question 4:

a woman asks your opinion, do you assume she must not know anything about the subject?

My first instinct is to answer, "Of course not!", but then I have to take a second and say to myself, "I was raised in a society that does this, and therefore that teaches people to do this, so I probably do this, too, at least sometimes." I feel like it's probably 'worse' for me to be unaware of doing it, rather than aware, but still doing it, because that would mean I wouldn't even know what/when I have to change the way I think/behave. I think this happens (for me) with a whole bunch of the questions, where all I can really do is answer, "not that I'm aware of doing" or "as far as I'm aware, yes", depending on the question.

I think because of that issue with self-reported answers, this questionnaire might be more effective, or more accurate, if it's something other people fill out for the subject, through observations. Of course doing that would probably mean asking (or making) women to do the work of all this self-analysis (or other-analysis, I guess :P ) on behalf of men, which is part of the problem :P

My other issue is maybe a smaller one, but as a MAAB person, I definitely know that I have learned and partake in a lot of patriarchal behaviours, and this questionnaire could be helpful for me in identifying specific, actionable areas and behaviours I could work on. But as someone who's not a guy, I still find it very uncomfortable/dysphoric to be considering, let alone answering (even just in my head) questions that start with things like, "As a man..." or "If you are a father...". That's not a huge issue (Those are the only two examples I can see, though I started only skimming through the questions after the "If you are a father" one), but it's still enough to put me off from finishing the questionnaire (at least, tonight). I understand wording the questions like that, because men are the people who benefit from patriarchy, and these behaviours are overwhelmingly exhibited by men, and men are the target audience of the questionnaire, etc. but yeah.

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AnarchoSpook wrote

My first instinct is to answer, "Of course not!", but then I have to take a second and say to myself, "I was raised in a society that does this, and therefore that teaches people to do this, so I probably do this, too, at least sometimes."

Exactly, that is why implicit questions are preferred in these types of questionnaires to minimize the suggestibility of the items. To avoid this type of response bias, the respondents are usually asked to rate their own daily behaviour, or specific—rather than generalized—judgements they might hold. The items are usually not formulated in the second-person form, as this comes across evaluative. These things said, I feel like this questionnaire is not intended for screening the general public but aims to foster self-criticism in our rather unsizable circle so I think none of my remarks above really apply here ^.^

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