# What gender are you? Ask the Gender Genie to analyze your posts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593 "2004-10-17T00:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/1 "2004-10-17T00:12:37Z")
**griffen2** gets the credit for linking to the Gender Genie in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=281164). Out of curiosity I plugged some of my posts into the [Gender Genie](http://www.bookblog.net/gender/genie.html). Of about seven posts and one paragraph from a research paper I’ve scored mostly male. I’m entirely female. I’m wndering why my writing style seems typically male. Maybe it has something to do with being a lawyer (?). What gender are your posts? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/2 "2004-10-17T00:26:35Z")
I’ve tried 3 so far. All three say I am male. Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/3 "2004-10-17T00:28:43Z")
Three out of four says I’m female. _ponders_ Roll over, hubby, we’re trying something new tonight! What? I have to be _sure_! ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/4 "2004-10-17T00:33:06Z")
I keep posting my fiction, in blocks of more than 2500 words, and each time it’s almost fifty-fifty – half the time just barely male, and half the time barely female. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/5 "2004-10-17T00:40:15Z")
Okay, I’ve done three of my longer posts and two of my longer pieces of random writing. The gender genie says I’m male. Five times I tried. Five times it said I was male. Mr. Kangaroo is going to be so upset! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/6 "2004-10-17T00:51:55Z")
Pasted several posts into it for about 1000 words or so… > [@](#): > > Female Score: 649 > Male Score: 633 > > The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female! Swing and a miss, folks. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/7 "2004-10-17T00:52:13Z")
> [@](#): > > That is one butch chick. Apparently it’s my use of the word “the” that’s throwing off the algorithm. :dubious: I ran about eight posts, and it was wrong about all but one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/8 "2004-10-17T00:54:09Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Swing and a miss, folks. From your score, it appears that the Genie thinks you swing both ways. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/9 "2004-10-17T01:05:24Z")
On the posts I put in it found me to be male every time. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/10 "2004-10-17T01:17:46Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > On the posts I put in it found me to be male every time. Well, are you? ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/11 "2004-10-17T01:19:44Z")
It guessed correctly for me 5 out of 6 times. The wrong guess was for a blog entry, and that was fairly short. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/12 "2004-10-17T01:22:55Z")
[Gentlemen: Now It’s Japanese Pillows That Are Chipping Away At Your Significance](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278478) Female Score: 109 / Male Score: 805 [If You’re Reporting The News To Me ‘Live’ From The Middle Of A Hurricane - Blow This!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276214) Female Score: 310 / Male Score: 1182 [Aspiring Wedding Planners, Corporate PR-Types & Smart-Asses - Can You Help Star Jones](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278226) Female Score: 109 / Male Score: 395 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/13 "2004-10-17T01:36:53Z")
I submitted some of my SDMB posts, and 3 out of 4 were correctly identified. 4 of 5 of my fiction samples were correctly identified…_except_ that “she”, “her” and “hers” are classified as “feminine” words. When I took the last sample and changed the female characters to males, I got classed as male. So…I experimented. A passage from Terry Pratchett’s _Men at Arms_ that consisted of a scene with Angua of the Watch…female. A passage from Michelle West’s _The Sun Sword_ that focuses on a male character…male. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/14 "2004-10-17T01:40:43Z")
> [@chula](#): > > Well, are you? Read my past posts and you tell me. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/15 "2004-10-17T02:02:42Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Swing and a miss, folks. Swing and a _mister_, you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/16 "2004-10-17T02:03:36Z")
Neato…I plugged in one post, three longish school papers and three blog entries. I was solidly male for all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/17 "2004-10-17T02:32:08Z")
Apparently the Gender Genie can’t decide on my gender. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/18 "2004-10-17T03:04:38Z")
Copying and pasting a few of my posts into one test: female. Copy/pasting a school paper, male. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/19 "2004-10-17T03:18:03Z")
I put in a school paper and this was what it came up with: > [@](#): > > Words: 962 > Female Score: 741 > Male Score: 1169 > The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male! _sighs_ ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/20 "2004-10-17T03:19:52Z")
I gave it 3 pieces of fiction I wrote, it was wrong on two of 'em. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593.md?page=2)