27-09-2011, 12:36 PM
I don't want to rain on anyone's parade; just trying to offer a word of caution, especially about what you find on the web. The following is from Ann Lawrence's website (http://www.annelawrence.com/faqs.html#tests):
The following is from an entry in Wikipedia on the author of the test:
Just be careful reading too much, if anything at all, into COGIATI test scores. It's likely they're pretty much meaningless.
Cheers.
Quote:11. What do you think of on-line gender tests, such as the COGIATI and the Moir-Jessel Brain Sex test?
I think that both the COGIATI and the Moir-Jessel tests are little more than pseudoscientific nonsense and that anyone trying to figure out his or her gender identity issues would be well advised to ignore both.
The following is from an entry in Wikipedia on the author of the test:
Quote:Reitz created the COGIATI (Combined Gender Identity And Transsexuality Inventory), a prototype test for people who think they might qualify as pre-op, pre-transitional male-to-female transsexuals, but feel uncertain. She claims on her Transsexuality website that some medical professionals have adopted her prototype test instead of developing a better version, and she expresses mixed feelings about this. She cautions that the COGIATI has many flaws and is not a reliable test for diagnosing transsexualism/gender identity disorder.[6]
Controversy
Despite Reitz' insistence that the COGIATI is unfinished and not to be taken seriously, its emphasis on stereotypical gender roles has sparked controversy as some people who have taken the test in the process of exploring their gender identity have later said that the test's results skewed their understanding of themselves.[7]
Just be careful reading too much, if anything at all, into COGIATI test scores. It's likely they're pretty much meaningless.
Cheers.

