Gender Genie

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vulgarweed was playing with the Gender Genie, so of course I had to as well...

Inspired by an article in The New York Times Magazine, the Gender Genie uses a simplified version of an algorithm developed by Moshe Koppel, Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and Shlomo Argamon, Illinois Institute of Technology, to predict the gender of an author.

I randomly ran some of my stories - everything I submitted came back male. Interesting. I think my writing is marked ny my use of triads and adjectives, and is all basically relationship oriented (not romantic relationships, but the interactions between people.) On the otherhand, I think my style is straightforward and simple. Hmmmm.



All of Them Together
Female Score: 1644
Male Score: 2433
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!


As Truly As The Arrow Flies
Female Score: 1372
Male Score: 2141
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!


Slouching Toward Gondolin
Female Score: 698
Male Score: 1323
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male

Breathe
Female Score: 1171
Male Score: 1867
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male

Comments

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those algorithms are based on amusing assumptions of how men and women supposedly communicate. like the poster said above, it picks out specific words, and calculates the number of times they are used. women supposedly don't use self-referential pronouns as much, but instead use other pronouns, like he, she, them, etc. women supposedly do not use the pronouns me, i, and myself as much as men. the assumption is that women are more socially aware of other people, and socialised to be less concerned with themselves.

it's a pretty retarded algorithm because it's based off assumptions that are not scientifically verifiable, and based on gender stereotypes.