Bini Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 This was mentioned on the Katie Couric talk show and I decided to test it out. Here's a short read on what it is:Yes, it’s a bit of a novelty, but it’s surprising how well it works. The Gender Genie is a simple site set up from an algorithm that was developed by Moshe Koppel of Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and Shlomo Argamon of Illinois Institute of Technology.The idea is that it analyzes the language used by an author, and uses vocabulary and syntax to detect the probably gender of the author. Certain ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ keywords are parsed, and it uses those as flags to work out whether the author is male or female.It works best with longer passages (500+ words), but it still works remarkably well with short excerpts. 4 out of 5 of my blog entries that I copy-pasted from this site came out as male – I must have been feeling a bit girly on the day I wrote the 5th…And here's the Gender Genie.What's your findings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanctitasDeo Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Fascinating. I gave it a research proposal I wrote last week, and it told me I am male. Apparently, 'the' is a masculine word. Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshac Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Weird. I put in a part of an old neuro paper I wrote...Damage to the Putamen, a component of the neostriatum, would effectively inhibit the inhibitory output to the interior globus pallidus / substanta nigra pars reticulata (GPi/SNr) complex as well as inhibit the inhibitory output to the external Globus Pallidus (GPe). The net effect of this loss of inhibition results paradoxically in increased thalamic inhibition due to uninhibited GPi/SNr inhibitory output and decreased cortical activity due to the disinhibited inhibitory thalamatocortical neurons in the indirect path.Female Score: 4Male Score: 125So it correctly guessed that I'm male, but I'm unsure how a female might have written it differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Used half of a letter I had written to hubbies niece. Says that the author is male. Wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Weird. I put in a part of an old neuro paper I wrote...Female Score: 4Male Score: 125So it correctly guessed that I'm male, but I'm unsure how a female might have written it differently.My understanding is that scientific writing tends to peg male on tests such as this. I suppose if one wanted to double check they could submit part of a women's scientific paper and see how it fairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) I put it on one of my girly fairy tale stories I've written... Yes, it told me I was a girl. Hah! I then stuck in the beginning of a high fantasy story I'm writing. MALE!!!! (though I felt I wrote like I always do). Edited January 29, 2013 by Backroads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmarch Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 This was mentioned on the Katie Couric talk show and I decided to test it out. Here's a short read on what it is:And here's the Gender Genie.What's your findings?hmm oughta try dumping the BoM into it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshac Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 1 Nephi Female Score: 923 Male Score: 923 The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: unknown! Crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I scanned a piece I wrote for a creative writing class 13 years ago, on "how to carve a Jack-o-Lantern." It's a fun little piece. Female Score: 1895 Male Score: 1915 I'm female, though the score was pretty close, it looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I have to redo mine cos I missed that it's recommended you use 500 words or more.. So I'll give it another shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 hmm oughta try dumping the BoM into it.... And if it comes out female is that going to shatter your testimony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 And if it comes out female is that going to shatter your testimony? It would just mean that Sister Nephi and Sister Mormon had more influence than we give them credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanctitasDeo Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 My wife gave it an academic essay and a blog post. The academic essay was judged male; the blog post was judged female, but only just. What justifications do they give for gender differentiation of common English words, I wonder? Did they code thousands of actual samples of male and female writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlia Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I submitted the text from an article I wrote on minority graduate students and information anxiety. I thought it was kinda girly, but I got: Female Score: 333 Male Score: 1224 I submitted another, more technical article on knowledge management system design for team work and got a similar high male score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I submitted the text from an article I wrote on minority graduate students and information anxiety. I thought it was kinda girly, but I got:Female Score: 333Male Score: 1224I submitted another, more technical article on knowledge management system design for team work and got a similar high male score. Did you tell them your name was Dahlia? How many guys do you know with the name of Dahlia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Did you tell them your name was Dahlia? How many guys do you know with the name of Dahlia? For that matter, how many other women do you know with the name of Dahlia?Clarification: I think "Dahlia" is a beautiful name, just unusual. Edited January 29, 2013 by Vort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 For that matter, how many other women do you know with the name of Dahlia? Well considering that probably isn't really her name..I would have to say ummmm...one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlia Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 For that matter, how many other women do you know with the name of Dahlia?It's not that popular anymore (and isn't my real name), but you see it old movies and literature. The Victorians and Edwardians loved flower names for girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 It's not that popular anymore (and isn't my real name), but you see it old movies and literature. The Victorians and Edwardians loved flower names for girls. So are you saying you are a wanna be flower child? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 And if it comes out female is that going to shatter your testimony? Just as long as that female's name isn't Solomon Spaulding. I submitted a paragraph from my recent post on the late "gays in the BSA" thread. Apparently, I write like a girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just as long as that female's name isn't Solomon Spaulding. I submitted a paragraph from my recent post on the late "gays in the BSA" thread. Apparently, I write like a girl.Maybe if you grunted more or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnn727 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I submitted a paragraph from my recent post on the late "gays in the BSA" thread. Apparently, I write like a girl.Well. we've been meaning to say something about that............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I submitted a paragraph from my recent post on the late "gays in the BSA" thread. Apparently, I write like a girl.Hacked by Just_A_Girl!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Well. we've been meaning to say something about that............We'll miss you around here, mnn727. Edited January 30, 2013 by Just_A_Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I submitted a paragraph from my recent post on the late "gays in the BSA" thread. Apparently, I write like a girl. Your feminine side coming out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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