Gender Conflict Scale – GCS

Feel like you are expected to be something you just cannot be

Feel like you need to be strong but sensitive at the same time

Worry about balancing a career and a family in the future

Want to be sexy for the opposite sex but not wanting to be false or change who you are

Feel like having the 'perfect' body (e.g. superthin or superbuff) and staying healthy are sometimes at odds with each other

Feel like it is impossible to meet all the expectations because no one person can do it all

Feel like who I am conflicts with what I am expected to be as a man or a woman

Feel like expectations of how I should behave and feel change all the time

Feel like being a good parent and having a good career are sometimes at odds with each other

Feel torn between different expectations

Feel like it is impossible to be 'equals' with the opposite sex

Feel you are expected to conform to others' expectations even if it goes against what you believe or want

Feel like the expectations differ depending on who you are with

Feel like societal expectations of being a man or a woman conflicts with who I want to be