Previous Measures : How can we improve?

I agree with DorothyNeufeld, that a lot of the questions on our scale are socially constructed to be masculine or feminine. There is nothing inherently feminine about make-up or a purse - it's just what our society makes of it. As Schoulee rightly points out, some of the other sexuality-related variables may have some biological explanation - although I still believe these will be influenced by psychological and social factors.

From an evolutionary perspective though, it seems there is diversity in gender-related personality traits within genders (we know from the sexual orientation studies). The textbook discussion on the evolutionary reasons for the differences in the Big-5 traits is relevant here - is it adaptive to as a society have different levels of gender-typed personality. Perhaps from an evolutionary perspective it is adaptive to have a minority of people who are gender atypical to help "bridge the divide" among the sexes and help with a society to have more harmony.