Posted by Ron Rodgers on March 15, 2008
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Rachael Curran said
My story’s female score is 1088 and its male score is 978. The Genie was right– I am a female! I guess my writing isn’t overwhelmingly feminine or masculine, but based on the theory behind the algorithm, I think feminine writing would be better writing.
Apparently, men are concerned about things and women are concerned about the connections people have with those things. Men show this in their writing by using articles and women show this by using possessives. I think it’s crap. It also doesn’t explain why using words like “she” would be feminine. What if the focus of a man’s story is a woman? That would greatly effect his female score, but wouldn’t necessarily mean that he’s talking about connections more so than if he used the word “he” in his story rather than “she.”
Matt Schatzel said
Okay so I’m just a little bit offended. The Gender Genie thinks I’m a woman. My female score was 1461 while my male score was 1199. I guess I have a feminine writing style. Is this bad? Should my manhood feel threatened? Or should I be proud I can fool even the smartest of algorithms? Oh well. At least I got my readability down from about a 16 to a little bit over 12. I’ll take it.
Nick Rosinia said
Female Score: 1700
Male Score: 2779
Haha, The story thing got me all kinds of right. My story was overwhelmingly written by a male, which is good because I am a male.
kagnello said
Female: 1859
Male: 1490
I can see the insult coming now — “You write like a girl!” Well, I guess it’s kind of neat to see how many masculine words you use in your writing as compared to how many feminine words.
How did they determine words as masculine or feminine? Why is “the,” which I used 46 times in my story, considered masculine and “and,” which I used 43 times, considered feminine? I think it’s all a little strange to me.
Elizabeth said
Female Score: 767
Male Score: 1145
I dunno, I guess I write like a man?
Rene Perez said
Female Score: 1834
Male Score: 2121
It thinks I write like I man, which is good I guess. An interesting little test, but I’m not sure how accurate it is, judging from the other responses.
The little chart at the bottom was interesting to examine as well.
Lori said
Female Score: 1260
Male Score: 1136
It’s interesting that possessive words and words that deal with human relationships (we, myself) are feminine. Masculine words are words with authority and certainty (is, are) and feminine words are more unsure (if, should).
Jessica said
The Gender Genie’s algorithm is flawed. My score was: Female: 522, Male: 1450, meaning the Gender Genie overwhelmingly thinks I am male. It’s interesting that words like “the” and “said” are supposed to me male, because “said” is such a common and necessary word in news writing when quoting people. Maybe the Gender Genie is sexist and thinks only men are news writers. I don’t think there’s much validity to its science.
Jennifer Shepard said
Female Score: 1401
Male Score: 1218
Bingo! The Gender Genie got it right. But I thought it was funny that a huge part of my female score was the word “she,” which is a natural result of the story being about a woman. Another big one was “not,” but I don’t know why that word is female.