# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/41 "2004-10-17T19:25:34Z")
I ran through six articles I wrote for wikipedia. It gave me male scores on four of them (105:49, 186:70, 391:79, 353:222) and female scores on the other two (931:576, 563:298). The two “female” articles were literally that - biographies of female subjects - and the use of pronouns like ‘she’ and ‘her’ apparently confused the software. (The other articles were two biographies of male subjects and two gender neutral subjects; a naval cruiser and a legal case. It was the legal case which received the most masculine score of 391:79.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/42 "2004-10-17T19:48:15Z")
I tried several different things, and the Genie definitely thinks I’m female. My penis is \*\*so \*\*in a snit over this. :eek: ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/43 "2004-10-17T20:29:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > My penis is \*\*so \*\*in a snit over this. :eek: **panache45** ’s penis to **panache45** : ‘Step one: stop using phrases like “so in a snit”…’ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/44 "2004-10-17T20:37:18Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Read my past posts and you tell me. I have, Miss. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/45 "2004-10-17T20:50:44Z")
I ran one of my blog posts through, and it said I was male. For my posts on here, it really depends on what I’m posting about. For the thread I started about BtVS season 5, it got me right, as female. For a response to a thread about master’s in library science, it said I was male. I just figure that the subject affects how I write and the words I use. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/46 "2004-10-17T21:23:31Z")
Well, I entered in 4 posts and 2 e-mails with the 2 e-mails being work related. Out of the 6 entries, it adjudged 5 of them as being \*\*decidedly \*\* **male** , and one being: Female Score: 804 Male Score: 543 The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female The 5/6 male returns came as a big surprise to me and I think would come as a big surprise to my friends, family and co-workers who seem to regard me as a fairly girly kind of girl (i.e. long hair, always wears skirts/dresses, etc.) until I read the “key words” used in their “calculation”. Apparently I need to include “she” “her” and “hers” more frequently to up my feminine quotient in their “algorithm”. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/47 "2004-10-17T22:22:03Z")
Okay. It is now obvious to me that I really need to make a change. No matter what these types of “tests” are; they always peg me as male. Granted growing up I was always a tomboy, and I have always been more in the mechanically inclined side, I am still very much female. So what I know how to change the rear axel seals out of a 70 camero. Yes, I can put on a new roof, I can re plumb the garbage disposal when the plumber screwed it up. Yes I can set tile floors and wallpaper and painting rooms is a no brainer. I also know how to turn up an ATM/Frame Relay switch and fiber optics do not scare me one bit. I have threaded pipes, laid concrete and worked with anhydrous ammonia. I consider myself (and so does my husband) to be an accomplished chef. I look great in dresses and high heels. You will not find a dust bunny in my house, and hardly any other misplaced item. It is hard to balance, but it’s important to me that things are fixed and kept in order. So why do these stupid tests peg me as being male over female? I say poopoo on these stupid gender tests. I am female. I am very self sufficent. That does not make me male in gender. I consider myself a diamond. I can do whatever I want, and learn anything I desire and do well in anything I wish. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/48 "2004-10-17T22:42:44Z")
Analysis of GD posts and GQ post indicate studly maleness. Analysis of IMHO and Cafe posts indicate that I am a womanly woman. If I fully embrace my female side where will I find sexy pumps for my 13D feet? What will I do about my hairy chest, and flat little man titties that are incapable of filling out a bra? I’m so confused. Am I inter-sexed, bi-sexed, or just a big horse’s ass? ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/49 "2004-10-17T22:48:02Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Analysis of GD posts and GQ post indicate studly maleness. Analysis of IMHO and Cafe posts indicate that I am a womanly woman. > > If I fully embrace my female side where will I find sexy pumps for my 13D feet? What will I do about my hairy chest, and flat little man titties that are incapable of filling out a bra? I’m so confused. Am I inter-sexed, bi-sexed, or just a big horse’s ass? So, how _YOU_ doing? ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/50 "2004-10-17T23:22:57Z")
Three attempts, and all three times I was a female. In the last attempt, I even wrote that I am a male. :mad: Hmm, I’m in touch with my female side A LOT! ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/51 "2004-10-17T23:57:15Z")
I submitted one of my posts, two snippets of research papers and two snippets of short stories. Post: 23 male, 333 female (submitted as blog) Papers: 30 female, 270 male (submitted as nonfiction) Stories: 10 female, 250 male (submitted as fiction) 80% male, 20% female. I don’t think much of their algorithm. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/52 "2004-10-18T00:35:00Z")
Here’s a snippet they think is female > [@](#): > > I woke up with with a fuzzy head and a sore penis. She was a rough, rawboned woman with sharp teeth who hadn’t had much exotic loving, and my attempts to teach her how to administer the delights of oral pleasure did not go smoothly. Stumbling up from the sprung bed, I went to the doorway, and shielding my eyes from the bright morning light, watched her feed the hogs and the chickens. She wasn’t what you’d call pretty, but she was sturdy, and that counted for more in the high country. > > Next to the laying coop she had a separate coop with a big pair of fighting cocks from Saigon. The fights she held on Saturday nights in her barn kept her in beef and whiskey during the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/53 "2004-10-18T00:43:52Z")
I fed it 3 of my articles from our cooking site. 3 out of 3 votes to ‘dedidedly female’, which greatly surprised me. After a brief investigation in our chambers Mighty\_Boy and I have finally concluded that Gender Genie is full of BS. Funny enought, my two mates in the cooking site, both females, also came back as males. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/54 "2004-10-18T00:46:08Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > . 3 out of 3 votes to ‘dedidedly female’ It should have read “3 out of 3 votes to ‘dedidedly **male** ’” See, now I am confused. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ninetypercent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@ninetypercent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninetypercent)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/55 "2004-10-18T00:51:36Z")
It tends to be more accurate if all of your text is spontaneous. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/56 "2004-10-18T01:15:08Z")
It found every single post of mine “male”, which of course, is completely inaccurate. ---
**Author:** ![caymus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@caymus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caymus28)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/57 "2004-10-18T02:19:32Z")
"i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female i am a female " continued to 6000 words. nonfiction.---- "Words: 6000 (NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.) Female Score: 0 Male Score: 9000 The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male! " Yep, I’m a male. Whats up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/58 "2004-10-18T02:57:29Z")
Runnin’ 50/50 here, with eight posts submitted. Does that make me transexual? There are quite a few of these “rate you” quiz sites out there that are subject to no peer review and reflect the odd biases of their authors. I submit that this is just another web junkie’s flawed site that offers no real revelation. Poof. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/59 "2004-10-18T02:59:17Z")
> [@ninetypercent](#): > > It tends to be more accurate if all of your text is spontaneous. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593/60 "2004-10-18T04:59:13Z")
2/3 blog entries marked me as female, 1/3 as male. My **Mom: Shut your mouth!** OP was marked as female. So many of my posts aren’t long enough for this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gender-are-you-ask-the-gender-genie-to-analyze-your-posts/269593.md?page=4)