Posted by Diarmuid on October 26, 2001 at 08:21:04:
In Reply to: Re: A challenge posted by pork ^(oo)^ on October 24, 2001 at 16:51:55:
I imagine many male 4s downplay their 4ness, so they would tend to be less visible.
: : Does it seem like more girls are 4's than guys? I have way too many questions... ( and why do they have a message board just for us fours?) :)
: That depends on what "Four" means to you. Everybody has their own individual twist on the definitions of the types, and on the criteria for being a certain type. Try as some people might to eliminate this confounding variable, it remains, and probably always will.
: If your individual "understanding" (read: version) of type Four includes any detail of interpretation that might cause somebody's gender in itself, or (more likely) the gender roles of your culture, to influence your assessment of their type, then the answer to your question might be "Yes."
: So, does it seem to YOU that more girls are Fours than guys? What does "Four" mean to you? How do gender roles, as you understand them, figure into your definition?
: ^(oo)^