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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 09:10 AM
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What sex is your brain? Take the BBC quiz and find out!
This is a quiz I took the other day and was sorta surprized at the answer. It explains a lot to me. It plots your brain on a continuum from female to male.

I thought this would make a good companion to Lynn's Homosexuality quiz.

Make sure you have some time. It's a little involved, though you can split it out parts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/index_cookie.shtml
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Cathyclysmic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 09:53 AM
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1. Interesting
So, I'm 25% female.Thanks for the time killer.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 09:59 AM
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2. We must be similar
I about 25% female too, according to this. :-)

I score very high on systemizing and empathizing.

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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:26 AM
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3. Wow!
All feminine baby! Strange. That would explain why I am not mechanically inclined and horrible at math. However, I am very good with spatiality and I am great with directions. I scored 93% on the eyes test too. I suppose I need that in my job as a school administrator. And sexually I am completely hetero according to LynnSin's test. I'm just a walking paradox. :rofl: I liked the test.

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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:32 AM
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4. I'm exactly between the 0 and the 50 on the MALE side!
Edited on Fri Jun-30-06 10:33 AM by supernova
That explains my less than spontaneous verbal ability and my fondness for maps, for all I look like a girl. :rofl:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:35 AM
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5. Please keep this kicked
I'm gonna go for my walk. I'd like to see what people say. :hi:

Oh, and you need a ruler w/ mms on it.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:49 AM
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6. 100% female
not sure I agree
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:53 AM
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8. So was I.
I'm glad I'm comfortable in my sexuality or else I'd get a complex. ;)
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 04:01 PM
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25. You're two guys
who tested female?

Interesting.


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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 04:56 PM
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30. Well you have to remember
that this is simply the way our brains approach tasks as far as I can see it. I'm all man in other respects. I have no problem with that.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 05:29 PM
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32. Oops! I wasn't implying
that you're girls, I just thought it was interesting to see guys with "female" brains when there are several of us females with "male" brains.

That's all.

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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 06:38 PM
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36. I didn't take it that way.
No problem.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:51 AM
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7. Wow I'm ambidextrous or something
Right in the middle at 0. 1/2 male 1/2 female?
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:40 AM
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10. I'm right in the middle, too.
Edited on Fri Jun-30-06 11:41 AM by Pithlet
I had to guess on the fingers because I don't have a ruler with mm measurement handy. I think mine was skewed because of the eye test, too. I could tell they were celebrities, and I think I was distracted by who the people were. I only got 3 right on that one, which made my empathetic score pretty low, when in reality I think I'm pretty good at judging emotion. I did score pretty high on the spatial relation questions and I'm a systemizer.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-02-06 10:51 AM
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50. I'm a Zero too
I got 9 out of 10 on the eye test, which amazed me because I thought it was hard to choose.
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:29 AM
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9. 50 on the female side
I tanked on the angle test, better than average on spotting the differences, and I like masculine faces. No surprises there. :D
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mongo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:48 AM
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11. kick
mostly so I can take the quiz later when I have time -- and a ruler. Wonder what I'll be measuring...
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 04:03 PM
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27. Me too
I did not do well on the spatial stuff. I got one.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:54 AM
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12. I am David Bowie
Right down the middle. "0" score.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:00 PM
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13. "Lots."
What? Somebody had to do it. :evilgrin:
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:22 PM
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14. Kick... so I can find later when I have more time... eom
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:27 PM
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15. 25% female
Hmmm. That's cool.
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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:35 PM
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16. 50 on the male side.
The same as the average for men. How boring.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:44 PM
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17. Right down the middle
Funny, when I was in grad school (for teaching) we were learning about different psychological tests guidance counselors give to kids, and we took one of them--a right brain/left brain test. I was smack in the middle of that too.

I'm either very well balanced or a nonentity...!
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nickinSTL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:45 PM
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18. I took this a while ago...
and ended up right dead center :shrug:
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mongo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 12:47 PM
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19. 25% male
Would have thought I'd score more on the feminine side.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 02:52 PM
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20. I wonder if it says anything
that several of us are near the neutral zone? :shrug:
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 03:21 PM
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21. 50 on the female scale.
:)
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 03:49 PM
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22. I am dead--DEAD--center. Exactly 50-50. Neither male nor female.
I'm fucking androgynous!

:rofl::rofl:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 03:57 PM
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23. Gah! You're another one!
:D :hi:

I wonder if it's just that the net attracts us androgenous folk? ;-)

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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 04:00 PM
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24. Fuck yeah I am!
:crazy:

:hi:
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 04:02 PM
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26. me too
awesome
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otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 04:10 PM
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28. Me too. I'm 0% of nothing.
:spray:
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 04:50 PM
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29. Kick!
Going to bed.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 05:18 PM
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31. I'm am *exactly* in the middle.
Odd...
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 05:30 PM
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33. Wow
I don't know what to say if the test is somehow off or we're all, in this particular site, rather gender neutral? :shrug:

I wonder how it jibes with say, MBTI type?
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 05:34 PM
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34. Whoa, freaky. According to this survey....
...I need an up-to-date version of the Flash plugin.
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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 05:42 PM
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35. Kick
so I can take this at my leisure.
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Catfight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 08:35 PM
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37. Interesting, I was 50% female. I pretty much agree with it. nt
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AmyDeLune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 10:11 PM
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38. Hetero Female scores 50% MALE!!!
...which actually doesn't surprise me! :D
I've always liked men with somewhat effeminate features and being lefthanded skews the spacial tests (that and a childhood full of Atari, ColecoVision, and many computer games). I've also got a really deep voice which does not go with being 5'6"+ and blonde. Fun test!
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RedCappedBandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:04 PM
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39. I'm male.. but 25% female
Not surprised really
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:14 PM
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40. I got a 0.
Dead center.

Neither male nor female.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-01-06 01:59 AM
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46. Same Here, Yet I Wear a Bra
I think I "failed" girliness because I'm good at math.
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:33 PM
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41. 50% Male!
Edited on Fri Jun-30-06 11:34 PM by Placebo
How boring. I'm average. :cry:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-30-06 11:38 PM
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42. 50% female
Angles - 13/20
Spot the Difference - 71%
Left thumb on top
Empathy 8/20
Systemizing 9/20
Eyes 9/10
3D shapes - 6/12
Words - 16, 13
Ultimatum - 30



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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-01-06 12:11 AM
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43. Right smack in the middle
I quite like that.









Does this mean I'm allowed one breast?
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-01-06 12:28 AM
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44. 25 percent male. Ah....I'll ah..I'll ahh Kick your Ass!
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-01-06 01:36 AM
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45. Oh shit
I'm 50 percent female. I guess I'll have to start watching Lifetime now.
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-01-06 02:13 AM
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47. 50% male
Angles - 20/20
Spot the Difference - 100%
Left thumb on top
Empathy -- didn't determine my score for some reason
Systemizing 15/20
Eyes 6/10
I prefer feminine faces
3D shapes - 12/12
Words - 3, 5
Ultimatum - 25

Angle, differences, and 3D shapes -- Well, I'm an engineer who used to be an art major (drawing emphasis). Now I'm a programmer who specializes in 3D graphics :).

Words -- I must be too tired to think of...umm... words.

Ultimatum -- 25 is fair, right?
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-01-06 04:00 AM
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48. I'm smack in the middle of the scale
Interesting.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-01-06 04:53 AM
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49. 25 on the male side
I'm not that surprised, although I've taken tests similar to these before and actually ended up more on the feminine than masculine side, despite being a male. Apparently, I'm very empathetic, left-brained, and like feminine faces, but not very good at reading faces or putting my thoughts into words. (I think I would've done better at the "words" part if I weren't about to fall asleep!) And I did really well on that first part about placing angles, which sort of surprised me, and probably helped me end up on the "masculine" side.
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steely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-02-06 12:02 PM
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51. Got some high scores and it placed me in the middle. (0%)
scored lower on the empathy part than I expected, and I don't get the finger ratio thing.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-02-06 01:39 PM
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52. I have a female brain...?
O_.
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BlueStorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-02-06 05:01 PM
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53. Eh. 50% male
and I am a female, wonder if this is because I am a lesbian?

Blue
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tibbir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-02-06 05:17 PM
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54. 50% on the female side
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aaronbees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-02-06 09:14 PM
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55. 50 percent male .... fascinating...
I'm actually quite surprised and thought I'd land somewhere close to the middle.

I scored perfect on the angles test -- cool!

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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-02-06 09:41 PM
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56. I got 50 on the feminine side, whatever that means.
I am usually seen as somewhat male-brained, comparatively... i.e. I am really good at reading maps, orienting myself, etc., and not very personally empathetic, etc. But I am also really good with words, so...

:eyes:
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-03-06 12:10 PM
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57. 25% male (and I am male - ignore the DU name)
My scores vary widely in their implications, I think:

Angles 18/20
Differences 79%
Right thumb on top
Empathy 2/20
Systemising 19/20 (Hey, can you spell "Asperger's"? I probably can, but I can't feel what it means)
Eyes 7/10 (big surprise - I felt I was guessing more or less at random)
Fingers 0.98
Faces Prefer more feminine
3D shapes 12/12
Words 15 (bit dodgy, this - does it just show you can spew out words that aren't really a good fit?)
Ultimatum £40
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