[lbo-talk] gender guesser

[John Thornton]

Jenny Brown 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
>>     
>
> And I'm, apparently, 65-85% male (3 samples).  I'm vaguely insulted.
>
> John Thornton noted that the site cautions:
>   
>> "In particular, men should not be offended if it says 
>> you write like a girl."
>>     
>
> Leaving aside the appalling use of 'girl' there, what about the other way around?
>
> Jenny Brown

Presumably the website designer isn't concerned about "girls" being 
offended by the suggestion they write like men.
How could you be offended by the suggestion that you emulate the 
superior gender?
Anyway I assumed the use of girl was to make the caution appear 
humorous. The old school yard epithet "you (run, throw, kick, whatever) 
like a girl" and all that.

John Thornton