[lbo-talk] gender guesser

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Mar 8 13:21:23 PST 2008


Doug Henwood wrote:
> Guesses the sex of the author of a piece of prose:
>
> <http://www.hackerfactor.com/GenderGuesser.html#Analyze>.
>
> I'm 63-75% male.
>
> Doug
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Genre: Informal

Female = 356

Male = 959

Difference = 603; 72.92%

Verdict: MALE

Genre: Formal

Female = 509

Male = 468

Difference = -41; 47.9%

Verdict: Weak FEMALE

Weak emphasis could indicate European.

I like the blurb "In particular, men should not be offended if it says you write like a girl." The site does warn that "Email can blur the lines between formal and informal writing styles." I copied and submitted part of a long email I recently sent since that was readily at hand.

John Thornton



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