by Ryan Stiehl
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Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? |
Not at all sure |
Several days |
Over half the days |
Nearly every day |
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1. Hating Ken and Allan equally and for vastly different reasons. |
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2. Not being able to see yourself as anything other than a wolf in dogs’ clothing. |
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3. Obsessively worrying about what safe means in this social setting. |
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4. Feeling afraid that you’ve internalized war to keep the peace |
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5. Being so restless that it’s hard to sit still. |
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6. Going quiet when she says, “I hate men,” because what else is there to say? |
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7. Googling “masking” and hating what you find. |
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7b. Could you even stop if you wanted to? |
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Add the score for each column. |
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Total Score (add your column scores) = |
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If you checked off any problems, how difficult have these made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?
Not difficult at all:
i can’t help but feel this reddit-ass quiz is overly defensive and ultimately insensitive to the wider (still??) patriarchal culture of America. destroy the nuclear family. say it with me, be gay, do crime
Somewhat difficult: i mean, sure i get anxious, but everyone gets anxious sometimes! gender is just one of a lot of very complicated issues to feel anxious about.
Very difficult:
I was alone in an elevator with a woman yesterday when I felt compelled to whistle row, row, row your boat. Silence is not enough anymore.
Extremely difficult:
Did I make all this up? Am I superimposing fictional discomfort onto the banal? How would I even know if I was? Let’s disappear for now, and see what happens.
Ryan Stiehl is an aspiring creative writer and senior at OSU. When he’s not in the midst of academic season, he lives in north Texas with his wonderful wife and handsome, very silly husky-malamute mix, Rambler. He is absolutely floored to make his writing debut with Frontier Mosaic and hopes you read all of the (quite) excellent work they publish!