Something unexpected

[Valerie Elizabeth]

So, since before I started my HRT and RLE, I used the Gender Genie to check the gender of my posts (mostly for fun).  Before I started HRT and RLE, it would always come back as 'male'.  Now however, I only get 'female', and have not gotten 'male' in quite a while (months).

I find this quite intriguing because I have made no discernible effort to change the way I talk or type.  I don't even feel as if the way I talk has changed, however I know it has!  As a fun experiment, I went through some emails I wrote about a year ago.  When I read them, I was surprised at the way I talked.  I couldn't even imagine talking that way.  It was pretty weird, but really fun.  You should try it!

I don't know how accurate the Gender Genie is, but it sure is reassuring to see 'female' come back every time!

I wonder if anyone else has had this sort of experience?


http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php

[Autumn]

Do you think that perhaps it's your age too? I know that I write quite a bit differently than I used to a few years ago. Just growing older in general has been more noticeable to me. What I think is relevant, or what I believe to be childish, has changed considerably, as well as how free I am with the things I'll talk about.

I just ran some of my livejournal through this. 6944 / 4467

Female Score: 945
Male Score: 848

Female Score: 644
Male Score: 649

Female Score: 729
Male Score: 405

Female Score: 1962
Male Score: 969

Female Score: 1419
Male Score: 712

Female Score: 1245
Male Score: 884

The one that flagged as male was a more dry and factual entry comparing different hair removal services.

[Miniar]

Ooooh... That's a cool little toy!

It pegs me as male on everything I've run through it so far.

[CharleneT]

Hey, that is interesting !

I tossed in some emails, they all came back female ( around 60/40 ) !

Cool link, thanks !

[sd]

I don't know how accurate the Gender Genie is, but it sure is reassuring to see 'female' come back every time!

I wonder if anyone else has had this sort of experience?

It claims to be 70% accurate.
It's a neat thing to play with.

[Northern Jane]

I threw in a business email, medical stuff, and it came back

Female Score: 594
Male Score: 204

Geez am I ever girly! LOL!

[Firelight]

I was actually really nervous about running some of my text through the Gender Genie, but even when I'm being abrasive, my posts come back as feminine. I don't know why, but that's such a great feeling! 

[Alyssa M.]

Since most of what I write comes out sounding like the bastard child of William Safire and Maureen Dowd, I usually end up with ambiguous results from the Gender Genie.

But I know that my manner of speech is changing in response to social pressures I experience living as a woman. I don't mean sexism, just the gendered nature of society.

[K8]

most of what I write comes out sounding like the bastard child of William Safire and Maureen Dowd

  You could do a lot worse.

- Kate

[SidoniaTG]

wow!  I decided to try Gender Genie and ran several text docs from b4 and after.  Most of the ones from before pegged me as male.  Then I put in one from not long ago where i had really flamed about something in a message to a poster on youtube.  I really came unglued in it too... btw, I actually never sent it off but I really put every bit of my feelings about the matter in it as strongly as possible at the time.  I really wanted them to KNOW exactly how and why I was upset with them.  Here is what Gender Genie said:

Female Score: 907
Male Score: 721

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

I feel a lil bit better now 

Sid