I have been feeling entitled…
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Comments(4) The Gender Genie “uses a simplified version of an algorithm…to predict the gender of an author.”
I submitted the text of “Keeping up with the Donald” to the Genie. The results:
Female Score: 99
Male Score: 237The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
This must be why I get so much satisfaction out of knowing I’m bigger.
(Heel click: Transgender Forum)
Ha – I came back male too. Does that mean I am really a man? Damn, I have some explaining to do, if so LOL
Actually I think it just shows the limitations behind this type of analysis. It’s a fun idea, but not a great indicator of what gender the writer really is.
Hey! I blogged about the Gender Genie too — just a couple of years ago (it thought I was male, too — which I was less happy about). ::grin::
http://musingsonlifelawandgender.typepad.com/life_law_gender/2005/01/gender_genie.html
I’m split, as usual. Transcending Gender is written by a male. A Life Less Convenient is written by a female.
For one blog entry the result was
Female: 169
Male: 159
For another, it was
Female: 375
Male: 394
And for a third, shorter one it was
Female: 71
Male: 129
What the hell does that mean? Wait … I’m not sure I want to know …