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I'm not really convinced that personaility types are inherently 'gendered' as such.

Sure, individuals can be be more masculine or feminine irrespective of their actual gender.
ie; some men have a distinctly feminine expression - the gentle,empathic types.
Or girls who are the assertive, fearless types.

Does that imply the 'empathic' man is automatically an Fi/Fe type?
It may be highly likely that it occurs randomly, but not necessarially due to their 'function type'.
I guess in a large cohort survey, a result may indicate a large degree of correlation?
But proving that the 16 types are 'gendered' is always going to be probablistic and debatable.

As an ENTP female, i'm as girly as girly can be, but i'm also assertive intellectually.
Maybe the OP got it right?

Most feminine: ESFJ (the most feminine type), ENFJ, ISFJ, INFJ
Feminine: ISFP, INFP
Neither masculine nor feminine: ENFP, ESFP, ENTP, ESTP
Masculine: ISTJ, ESTJ, INTJ
Most masculine: ENTJ, INTP, ISTP (the most masculine type)
 
This is stupid
Everything a person can glean from MBTI increases the usefulness of MBTI for that person.

 
As an ESTP I am more gender neutral. But that doesn't mean all ESTPs out there are the same 😊.
 
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I assume the OP question is either just from nerdiness, or from a really deep metaphysic-level. I assume and hope the first.

Lets first get rid of the obvious clichés, there is no such thing as boyish or girlish type..., any of the 16 cookie cutters can be dominating or submissive, size does not matter, it is how you use it, strong Fe can dominate as much as strong Te can, the difference is how you actually »do« it. (I can add a really long essay how it actually works in my model, but that will taste like word-salad for you)

Now when we done that disclaimer, these are my own archetypes:

I is more girlish than E since E is more active rather than reactive
F is more girlish than T since T is objective rather than subjective
N is more girlish than S since S is factual rather than imaginative
P is more girlish than J since J is centralized rather than decentralized

So? INFP is most girlish, ESTJ is most boyish, cool story..., can we use my theory for something? No. Metaphysics, as well as OP question is complete useless.
 
I is more girlish than E since E is more active rather than reactive
F is more girlish than T since T is objective rather than subjective
N is more girlish than S since S is factual rather than imaginative
P is more girlish than J since J is centralized rather than decentralized
None of those have anything to do with manliness or femininity, this thread is stupid
 
Frig, I'm an ISTJ so I guess I'm considered "masculine". I will say that I feel like it's a lot easier for me to talk to men than women, especially about controversial issues. Seems like for the most part, women get more sensitive and offended than men do.

Not sure if being introverted or extroverted necessarily is a masculine or a feminine thing per se, but it seems like the best "salespeople" are men, which generally requires extroversion. I briefly worked in direct sales and it was absolute hell.
 
I will rank according to the amount of feminine traits each type generally has:

11 Feminine Traits:
Submissiveness
Stinginess
Warmness
Complexity
Sensitivity
Reactiveness
Conformity
Emotional
Rule-Following
Dependence

Now for the number of traits each type has:
INTJ 0, INTP 5, ENTJ 0, ENTP 1, INFJ 9, INFP 6, ENFJ 6, ENFP 10, ISTJ 2, ISFJ 7, ESTJ 3, ESFJ 7, ISTP 1, ISFP 6, ESTP 1, ESFP 8

Now we have our list of least to most feminine:
Masculine-Feminine: INTJ, ENTP/ISTP/ESTP, ISTJ, INTP, INFP/ISFP/ENFJ, ISFJ/ESFJ, ESFP, INFJ, ENFP.

These may surprise you, they did me. Now let’s see trait correlations:
Most traits in order:
TPIX

Thinking is the most masculine trait, meaning the 8 thinkers are the most masculine. Here is the lineup:

ISTP/INTP, ESTP/ENTP, ISTJ/INTJ, ESTJ/ENTJ, ISFP/INFP, ESFP/ENFP, ISFJ/INFJ, ESFJ/ENFJ

If you look, this is similar to the most/least male types, meaning our original conclusion is correct.
 
I will rank according to the amount of feminine traits each type generally has:

11 Feminine Traits:
Submissiveness
Stinginess
Warmness
Complexity
Sensitivity
Reactiveness
Conformity
Emotional
Rule-Following
Dependence

Now for the number of traits each type has:
INTJ 0, INTP 5, ENTJ 0, ENTP 1, INFJ 9, INFP 6, ENFJ 6, ENFP 10, ISTJ 2, ISFJ 7, ESTJ 3, ESFJ 7, ISTP 1, ISFP 6, ESTP 1, ESFP 8

Now we have our list of least to most feminine:
Masculine-Feminine: INTJ, ENTP/ISTP/ESTP, ISTJ, INTP, INFP/ISFP/ENFJ, ISFJ/ESFJ, ESFP, INFJ, ENFP.

These may surprise you, they did me. Now let’s see trait correlations:
Most traits in order:
TPIX

Thinking is the most masculine trait, meaning the 8 thinkers are the most masculine. Here is the lineup:

ISTP/INTP, ESTP/ENTP, ISTJ/INTJ, ESTJ/ENTJ, ISFP/INFP, ESFP/ENFP, ISFJ/INFJ, ESFJ/ENFJ

If you look, this is similar to the most/least male types, meaning our original conclusion is correct.
"Complexity"
"Reactiveness"
"Rule Following"
"feminine traits"

wat
 
The problem with these topics is, nobody actually agrees on what's feminine and what's masculine. But they all think it's somehow self-evident. Some people say feminine = passive while others argue it has nothing to do with being passive. Some people say feminine = extroverted, social while others say feminine = introverted, quiet. Some people say feminine = warm, others say feminine = yin energy which is cold and dark. Well, which fuking one is it people??
 
The problem with these topics is, nobody actually agrees on what's feminine and what's masculine. But they all think it's somehow self-evident. Some people say feminine = passive while others argue it has nothing to do with being passive. Some people say feminine = extroverted, social while others say feminine = introverted, quiet. Some people say feminine = warm, others say feminine = yin energy which is cold and dark. Well, which fuking one is it people??
thank you
 
I completely agree. In my experience, INFJ, ISFP and ISFJ men are more feminine than INFP men. I don't understand why so many of these lists claim INFP men as the most feminine. The INFP male, due to his strong reading of others and his excellent extroverted intuition, has an ability to "be one of the boys" which doesn't come as readily to the types I mention above. As an INFP male, I can say from experience that the INFJ men I know are considerably more 'feminine' than me and the INFPs I know (in the traditional sense)...
 
I think in statistics it is mainly F/T that differs quite a bit with how many men and women are various types. So perhaps that has had an effect on what is generally considered masculine and feminine. I don't know if I associate any of the other letters more with either gender... don't really think so.
 
I think in statistics it is mainly F/T that differs quite a bit with how many men and women are various types. So perhaps that has had an effect on what is generally considered masculine and feminine. I don't know if I associate any of the other letters more with either gender... don't really think so.
Poor trans """"""""women"""""""", they'll still be T types... :(
 
Poor trans """"""""women"""""""", they'll still be T types... :(
What do you mean? I don't know if you might have misunderstood me (I might have been unclear), because I don't understand your post.
I meant that in the figures I have seen before, there are only a clear difference in how many men and women are F-types and T-types respectively. There are still plenty of the other one in each gender, but if it is quite a bit more frequent in one it is likely to affect the traits one associate more strongly with one group or the other, associate more strongly, not what defines it. But more flimsy descriptions like masculine and feminine are shaped a lot by associations of the time and circumstances I think.
 
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