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Wanna know your gender?

9 replies · 2,423 views · Started 20 October 2003

In case you're wondering if you're a male or a female, now there is a way to find out. Check The Gender Genie. Just insert 500 or so words of something you've written (in english) and the genie returns your gender.

I was male btw. 😃 Repeatedly.
But as english is not my native language, it may have had an effect. Maybe clumsy writing is automatically rated male? 😃

Hmmm. English is (kinda) my native language, but it thinks I'm male too! 😛

Female Score: 196
Male Score: 426

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

When I told it I'm female, it responded with:

That is one butch chick.

According to Koppel and Argamon, the algorithm should predict the gender of the author approximately 80% of the time.

Accuracy Results
Am I right?

yes 85687 (74.43%)

no 29430 (25.57%)

Well, I chucked in some blog entries and at first it said I was a blokey, then after a few others, it reckoned I was a non-blokey.......... Guess I'd better sit down next time I go for a pee then 🙄

And I thought I was a boy:

Words: 599

(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 816
Male Score: 764

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!

Those Israelis don't know anything! 😉

yay...

Words: 1604

(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 1468
Male Score: 2886

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!