And now, the Proust questionnaire

[probablecylon]

   Since the tv meme put me in the narcissistic mind-frame, the Proust Questionnaire:

What is your most marked characteristic?

Loquacity; or, negatively, talkativeness

What is the quality you most like in a man?

Calmness

What is the quality you most like in a woman?

Self-assurance

What do you most value in your friends?

The ability to assess people &

Comments

[probablecylon]

[Doesn't splitting the question into two genders imply a certain sexism? Shouldn't it be "What is the quality you most like in a human being?]

The questionnaire was devised 120 years ago, but culturally speaking, men are allowed to vent anger without much in the way of penalty, while women are taught to be self-effacing & self-critical. Hence the answer.

[probablecylon]

[there are plenty self-effacing, self-critical men and angry, overaggressive women. It's not just men who can go too far with aggression or women who can overdo self-effacement or self-criticism