Survey (version one)

Gender: Exploring diversity and acceptance

Gender Attitudes and Knowledge Inventory

This inventory is designed to help you focus on your attitudes and opinions about gender and the display of gender. This is an anonymous survey, so please record your candid first response. For each statement circle one of:

SA = strongly agree, A = agree, N = neutral, D = disagree, or
SD = strongly disagree.


1. Attitudes and Beliefs

SA A N D SD  Young children should not be allowed to ``dress
             up'' and pretend as the opposite gender.

SA A N D SD  I would be very uncomfortable around someone who
             is obviously a man, but who is wearing a dress
             and using makeup.

SA A N D SD  I feel there is something natural about long hair
             on women and short hair on men.

SA A N D SD  When I see men who are feminine or women who are
             masculine, my first thought is that they are
             probably gay or lesbian.

SA A N D SD  I am uneasy in situations where I cannot determine
             the gender of the person with whom I am interacting.

SA A N D SD  If I heard that a grade school teacher was a
             crossdresser (in private) I would still worry about
             how it could affect the children.

SA A N D SD  There must be something wrong with anyone who is
             uncertain of their own gender.


2. Myths and Facts

SA A N D SD  There are short men and tall women, but genitals
             do not vary as much as other body characteristics.

SA A N D SD  Male-to-female transsexuals must have breast
             implants; they cannot truly develop breasts.

SA A N D SD  There are very few female-to-male transsexuals,
             and they can ``pass'' as men only very poorly.

SA A N D SD  Men who crossdress as women often are
             homosexual.

SA A N D SD  Women in our society have so much freedom in the
             way they dress that it makes no sense to speak of
             women crossdressing as men.

SA A N D SD  In homosexual relationships, usually one person
             acts as the ``woman'' and the other as the ``man'',
             especially during sex.

SA A N D SD  Transgender and transsexual feelings develop only
             with puberty; young children do not experience such
             feelings.

Gender Self-Identity

This page is an anonymous exercise to help you place yourself in the context of a discussion about gender. Please record your initial reaction or choice.

3. The gender indicated on your drivers license or state
   ID is (circle one):

male female


4. From the list below, circle all the terms that apply
   to your gender identity:

   aggressive androgynous assertive boyish built butch caring
   coy cute fatherly feminine femme firm girlish giving
   handsome hard macho manly masculine motherly passive pretty
   rugged shy smooth soft taking woman yielding


5. Place a mark on the scale going from very masculine
   through neither to very feminine to show the following
   aspects of your private and public gender identity.

                                        masculine . neither . feminine

The way I dress at work is:                   |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

The way I dress at home is:                   |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

My gender role in social situations is:       |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

My gender role in work situations is:         |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

My gender role in parenting situations is:    |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

My gender role during sex is:                 |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

I believe people perceive me as:              |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

I wish to be perceived as:                    |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

People to whom I feel sexually attracted are: |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

I feel that my genitals are:                  |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|

I feel that the rest of my body is:           |.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|


Lisa Lees, 27 August 1997