Luke linked today to The Gender Genie, which purports to be able to tell your sex (gender?) based on your prose. I submitted my most recent post, which I will readily admit was influenced by Stephen R. Donaldson’s writing style, and got the following:
Words: 344
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 247
Male Score: 784The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
When I clicked the link to tell it that it was wrong, I got the following note in a pop-up:
That is one butch chick.
The window went on to helpfully mention that
According to Koppel and Argamon, the algorithm should predict the gender of the author approximately 80% of the time.
I figured I’d try another post, so I picked my ramble about Aishiteruze Baby. Here are the results:
Words: 908
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1538
Male Score: 1531The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
Okay, so, I’m only a woman by a matter of seven points. Guess I blog like a guy!
Next I thought I’d shift gears and try a short story.
Words: 1482
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 2271
Male Score: 1592The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
Ah-ha! (Though I’m concerned about whether I picked the correct option. Fiction? Nonfiction? I mean…it’s nonfiction. It happened. But I wrote it for my fiction class, because I’m a n00b. Regardless, I put “nonfiction” in, so there you go.)
Okay, one more test…this time from a diary entry from when I was 13.
Words: 859
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1754
Male Score: 1638The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS!!!
It would appear, inconclusively, based on this tiny smattering of data, that I sound the most like a woman when I am storytelling rather than rambling. Good to know!