I stumbled onto this site, which offers a test of text to determine the gender of the author.
The categories are fiction, non-fiction, and blog entry.
I entered an entire blog entry (Dances with Squirrels), an excerpt, and a few sentences randomly generated from my own head. My kids shouted things to type in and even [My Attorney] played.
Our results? Ok, first of all this test is surely flawed. Despite the rigorous science behind its generation, it's just wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrongity wrong wrong.
[My Attorney] -- Female.
The Girl -- Female.
The Boy -- Male.
Me. The Dad. Your bloggist. A manly man type man of a man. -- Female.
If it's any consolation, I tried it as well, and most of the entries I tried pegged me as female as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm obviously a women raising 4 very scary kids, but I test as a guy, but looking at the requirements, the scores make sense. You talk about your women alot, which would tag you with a lot of female points. However, my writing is very neuter, which tags me masculine. My theory is the test is sexist. In order to be a masculine writer, you can not allow any words that refer to women.
ReplyDeleteYou should probably stop dotting your letters with little hearts.
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