This is a reflective learning tool, not a validated psychometric assessment.
What the exercise explores
Twenty original scenarios explore everyday choices linked to patriarchy, gender bias, intersectionality, participation and public space. Patriarchy refers here to institutional patterns which privilege men and masculine norms. A response offers one view of a hypothetical decision, never proof of a person’s beliefs or intentions.
How the profile is calculated
Five dimensions each draw on four scenarios. Every response has an editorial rating from 0 to 3 for one dimension. Higher ratings reflect greater attention to structural or contextual change under this rubric. Options appear in a shuffled order, fixed during your session. Each response carries equal weight.
Indicator = sum of ratings ÷ (3 × answered scenarios in the dimension) × 100.
The indicator is rounded to a whole number. At least three of four responses are required for a dimension indicator. Skips are excluded, never scored as zero. Context flags, role and action notes do not affect scores. No overall score is calculated.
Editorial interpretation bands, without population norms| Indicator | Reading |
|---|
| 0–33 | Existing-process emphasis |
| 34–66 | Selective challenge |
| 67–100 | Redesign emphasis |
What the numbers do not establish
Ratings, weights and thresholds are design judgements. Reliability, validity, factor structure, fairness and sensitivity to change have not been tested. No percentile, clinical meaning or statistical confidence interval is available. Short dimensions produce coarse indicators. Context, remit, reading style, response order and attempts to choose socially approved answers affect responses.
A higher indicator does not guarantee a better real-world decision. A lower indicator does not establish prejudice. This exercise does not measure unconscious bias or identify a “true” feminist. Avoid ranking colleagues or using results for recruitment, appraisal, safeguarding decisions or organisational certification. Repeating the exercise shows changed answers, without establishing learning or attitude change.
Privacy and control
This prototype is open to anyone with the link. No account is required to complete the exercise. Responses and notes are processed in your browser. This app sends no responses to a server and includes no analytics. The hosting service handles ordinary delivery logs and site traffic statistics.
Progress stays in memory unless you choose “Save progress on this device”. Saving uses browser local storage, which other people using the same browser profile have access to. Forget removes this app’s saved progress and clears the current answers. Downloaded or printed profiles stay under your control. No name, employer or account information is requested by the exercise.
Conceptual foundations
The exercise draws on themes in EIGE’s gender analysis guidance, including gendered resources and intersecting inequalities, and OECD’s citizen participation guidance, including inclusion, influence and feedback. The scenarios and rubric are original prototype content. Neither organisation endorses or validates this diagnostic.
Before wider use
Review the scenarios with young women, practitioners and people with differing access needs. Test interpretation through cognitive interviews, examine response patterns and unintended group differences, and revise the rubric before any formal evaluation claim. Facilitation should protect the choice to skip, disagree or keep results private.