Sex ID

I have long suspected that I have a slightly female-slanted brain given my natural grasp with languages. This test from BBC proves that my hunch was not without grounds: I indeed have a somewhat female brain. It's official now :-)

This reminds me of Jung's work on anima and animus:

We are all really bisexual in nature.....The anima is the female aspect present in the collective unconscious of men, and the animus is the male aspect present in the collective unconscious of women. Together, they are refered to as syzygy. The anima may be personified as a young girl, very spontaneous and intuitive, or as a witch, or as the earth mother. It is likely to be associated with deep emotionality and the force of life itself. The animus may be personified as a wise old man, a sorcerer, or often a number of males, and tends to be logical, often rationalistic, even argumentative.

The anima or animus is the archetype through which you communicate with the collective unconscious generally, and it is important to get into touch with it. It is also the archetype that is responsible for much of our love life: We are, as an ancient Greek myth suggests, always looking for our other half, the half that the Gods took from us, in members of the opposite sex. When we fall in love at first sight, then we have found someone that "fills" our anima or animus archetype particularly well!

So if I piece together my test results and Jung's theory, the strong anima inside me would mean I have more incentive to look for my personified other half than an average man. But unfortunately Jung's theory stops short of providing much practical guidance: will she be a young and spontaneous girl, a witch, or a mother figure? They are quite different, ain't they? :-)