# Well, it's official - I'm a female **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172 "2008-08-07T15:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hirundo82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@Hirundo82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirundo82)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/41 "2008-08-07T22:10:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 41% > Likelihood of you being MALE is 59% It is correct that I am male. [QUOTE=Giles] Interesting. One factor is that Facebook has a 0.83 M/F ratio – 5 men for every 6 women. That ratio was a bit of a surprise to me. [/QUOTE] I find that unsurprising; Facebook was designed for college students and, at least in the US, [57% of undergrad students are female](http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-10-19-male-college-cover_x.htm) (M/F ratio 0.75). ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/42 "2008-08-07T22:20:46Z")
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 2% Likelihood of you being MALE is 98% _looks down_ Still a girl. I think I’ve got the wrongest ratio so far here. 😃 [gizmodo.com](http://gizmodo.com) 2.08 [newegg.com](http://newegg.com) 2.23 [iht.com](http://iht.com) 1.56 [livescience.com](http://livescience.com) 1.47 [boingboing.net](http://boingboing.net) 1.5 [engadget.com](http://engadget.com) 1.7 [sciam.com](http://sciam.com) 1.56 [time.gov](http://time.gov) 2.08 Apparently being a gamer geek and science/news junkie did it for me. 😃 The interesting thing is, it lists [time.gov](http://time.gov) as having a 2.08 rating. I guess that might be because the average bear would just eyeball it off their watch, not go straight to The Source? ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/43 "2008-08-07T23:19:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 35% > Likelihood of you being MALE is 65% > Site Male-Female Ratio > [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) > 0.9 > [craigslist.org](http://craigslist.org) > 1.13 > [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) > 1.06 > [wunderground.com](http://wunderground.com) > 1.22 > [ultimate-guitar.com](http://ultimate-guitar.com) > 1.25 > [mininova.org](http://mininova.org) > 1.63 > [apartments.com](http://apartments.com) > 0.59 > [songmeanings.net](http://songmeanings.net) > 0.9 > [okcupid.com](http://okcupid.com) > 1.06 > [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) > 1.17 > [thestranger.com](http://thestranger.com) > 1.02 I’m surprised YouPorn didn’t factor into that. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/44 "2008-08-07T23:36:47Z")
Female, 88% Male, 12% Wow, how completely and utterly wrong. I maintain that this is because it somehow missed the porn. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/45 "2008-08-08T00:41:52Z")
84% male. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/46 "2008-08-08T01:34:15Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] Female, 88% Male, 12% Wow, how completely and utterly wrong. I maintain that this is because it somehow missed the porn. [/QUOTE] The porn HAD to missed. I am female and was 95/5 female. But I’m not a girly person at all. I was surprised I didn’t have more of a gender blur on my surfing. Odd but fun. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/47 "2008-08-08T01:47:11Z")
If They saw the porn sites then it should be possible to break the 100% threshold, for me anyway. I feel cheated. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/48 "2008-08-08T02:39:51Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] WHy on Earth are you people allowing some random website to data-mine your browser history? [/QUOTE] Because I’m not freakishly paranoid? 83% female. Humph. Of course, my wife and I share this machine, and it apparently doesn’t know any magic: the gathering sites. Curious to try it tomorrow on my work machine. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/49 "2008-08-08T02:59:49Z")
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 4% Likelihood of you being MALE is 96% And yeah, I’m a guy. A man’s man, as it were ;x ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/50 "2008-08-08T03:05:42Z")
73% male. The time I spent looking at dryers at [lowes.com](http://lowes.com) probably confused things. I’m pretty sure I’m female. ::looks down:: Yup. I’m a chick. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/51 "2008-08-08T03:14:02Z")
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 61% Likelihood of you being MALE is 39% Site Male-Female Ratio [google.com](http://google.com) 0.98 [facebook.com](http://facebook.com) 0.83 [carmax.com](http://carmax.com) 1 [fanfiction.net](http://fanfiction.net) 0.65 [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) 1.17 ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/52 "2008-08-08T03:20:23Z")
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 32% Likelihood of you being MALE is 68% Sweet! I browse like a man! Woo! 😃 What’s interesting to me is that IGN was only 1.17:1 ratio for male:female. And apparently Hotmail is a really girly e-mail provider? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/53 "2008-08-08T08:56:35Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Mine came back 50% male, 50% female. Heh. [/QUOTE] I too, am 100% androgynous. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/54 "2008-08-08T09:08:47Z")
I’m sure that someone will be very interested in the addy for my WoW guild… Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 23% Likelihood of you being MALE is 77% Do you guys think this might help calm down the next interviewer who asks female me whether I’ll be uncomfortable in a team with lots of males? Or would it make her freak out? (So far every interviewer who’s asked that particular tidbit has owned female parts as far as I could tell) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/55 "2008-08-08T09:32:06Z")
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 0% Likelihood of you being MALE is 100% Crikey. And yet I don’t visit any pages about sports, cars, or beer. ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/56 "2008-08-08T19:28:49Z")
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 61% (correct!) Likelihood of you being MALE is 39% Site Male-Female Ratio [google.com](http://google.com) 0.98 [ebay.com](http://ebay.com) 1.11 [bankofamerica.com](http://bankofamerica.com) 0.9 [familysearch.org](http://familysearch.org) 0.67 [worldcat.org](http://worldcat.org) 0.83 [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) 1.17 The odd thing is that visited [familysearch.org](http://familysearch.org) once, by accident; otherwise I’d probably be one of the 50/50 people. JRB ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/57 "2008-08-09T01:35:11Z")
96% Female, which surprised me until I remembered all the pregnancy sites I go to on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/58 "2008-08-09T11:05:40Z")
95% Female, 5% Male I was really surprised since I’ve been out on Home Depot’s site quite a bit lately. But, yeah, I’m a girl… ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172/59 "2008-08-09T15:43:06Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Mine came back 50% male, 50% female. Heh. [/QUOTE] Same here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-im-a-female/459172.md?page=2)