Masculinity/femininity test
Until the 1970s, male and female characteristics were considered opposite traits in the scientific community, meaning that the more marked is one of these gender traits in a personality, the less marked is the other.
But American social psychologist Dr. Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem put forward a hypothesis suggesting that an individual can exhibit high levels of both masculine and feminine characteristics.
Moreover, high identification with both characteristics is natural for a large number of people and it means that their personality can be categorized as androgynous. The psychologist’s work resulted in the creation of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, a scale that helps measure gender traits.
This Gender-Role Interactive Test was inspired by BSRI and developed as a modern inventory to measure masculinity and femininity levels.
Problems with the theory
Bem's work is criticized severely for not taking into consideration cultural, social, and religious differences. It is imperative to understand that gender stereotypes have changed significantly over the past decades so the concepts of masculine and feminine roles have become way more complex.
Though gender stereotyping is controversial, the BSRI remained a popular test and a pretty accurate tool for assessing various features of gender characteristics that has high levels of validity and reliability.