The Gender Genie

The_Lady_Snow · 02-17-2011, 05:50 PM

*struts*

Male...

*spits*

betenoire · 02-17-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Admin

It's so weird that it assigns gender to certain words!

Even weirder, anything I write for work comes out as "Male"

Anything I write that is personal is "Female"

What I think is weird is that a bunch of the words are real mundane words that you basically cannot have a conversation without. "who" "when" "to" "about".

EnderD_503 · 02-28-2011, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by betenoire

What I think is weird is that a bunch of the words are real mundane words that you basically cannot have a conversation without. "who" "when" "to" "about".

Maybe so, but I think the programme looks at how the writer combines those words, and I also think it's running off the usual idea that feminine = personal, emotional while masculine = logical, objective, impersonal.

The "feminine" words are words more likely to have a higher frequency in casual conversation or methods of self-expression or fiction writing. The use of pronouns in general is considered "feminine," while proper essay format or professional writing (excluding fiction and certain forms or journalism) rarely uses pronouns. Therefore professional/objective/logical writing: male. The male words do not include pronouns at all. Similarly, past vs. present tense verbs suggest passive vs. active writing (was vs. are/is, or "be" which suggests combinations like "may be" or "would be" instead of at least the portrayal of certainty). If one is writing a persuasive essay, one is less likely to use the past tense, and more likely to use an active present tense. Fiction writing is more likely to be unhindered by the rules that constrain formal writing.

The only words that puzzle me as far as where they fit into the paradigm are "and," "the" and "a."

I think there is a reason why Jesse found that Stevenson's writing was feminine, while others found that texts written for business were masculine, personal writing feminine.

My first entry was from a philosophy essay I recently wrote:

Words: 736
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 997
Male Score: 1173

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

I then put in a portion of text from a short story I wrote:

Words: 684
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 1046
Male Score: 833

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

I thought it would be interesting to compare H.P. Lovecraft's writing. The results for his short story Pickman's Model:

Words: 662
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 1147
Male Score: 862

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

Compared it to his essay Americanism:

Words: 784
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 465
Male Score: 1271

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

Coincidence? I think not

Miss Scarlett · 02-28-2011, 07:14 PM

Words: 457

(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 616
Male Score: 490

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

princessbelle · 02-17-2011, 06:08 PM

Female Score: 269
Male Score: 98

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

I copied a poem i had written...it wasn't very big.

JustJo · 02-17-2011, 06:52 PM

It says I'm male...

I think the genie is confused

Linus · 02-17-2011, 07:14 PM

The question that I often have is: how is how we write genderized? Especially in english which doesn't have "gendered" versions of words (excluding the he/she, etc.) For example a nation in french can be male (e.g., Le Canada) but there isn't anything like that in english (e.g., Canada).

iamkeri1 · 02-17-2011, 08:10 PM

I did it twice.

In the first piece I used the masculine pronouns hy and hym, but "regular" female pronouns. The genie found me by a huge percentage to be male (so much for my femme ego, LOL.)

In the second piece I used the masculine pronouns he and him along with she and her. The genie found me (by a small margin - ouch!) to be female.

Interesting.

Smooches,
Keri

Gemme · 02-17-2011, 10:26 PM

It only toook 14 words for the Genie to figure out I'm female.

Diva · 02-18-2011, 12:18 AM

The Genie said I was male..............

That's kinda hot.

Chazz · 02-18-2011, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linus

The question that I often have is: how is how we write genderized? Especially in english which doesn't have "gendered" versions of words (excluding the he/she, etc.) For example a nation in french can be male (e.g., Le Canada) but there isn't anything like that in english (e.g., Canada).

Exactly.

Then the question becomes, what paradigm are they using? Me thinks, it's the same old, same old.

Ryobi · 03-01-2011, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

*struts*

Male...

*spits*

I'm happy that the genie wasn't near this sexist to me. It just simply said male, no strutting or spitting. It would have been really annoying to me. I'm sure you handled it well.

Words: 647

it told me male.

02-17-2011, 05:50 PM	#1
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02-17-2011, 06:08 PM	#5
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02-17-2011, 06:52 PM	#6
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02-17-2011, 10:26 PM	#9
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02-28-2011, 07:14 PM	#4
Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Words: 457 (NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.) Female Score: 616 Male Score: 490 The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!

02-17-2011, 08:10 PM	#8
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 302 Thanked 2,153 Times in 659 Posts Rep Power: 16642920	I did it twice. In the first piece I used the masculine pronouns hy and hym, but "regular" female pronouns. The genie found me by a huge percentage to be male (so much for my femme ego, LOL.) In the second piece I used the masculine pronouns he and him along with she and her. The genie found me (by a small margin - ouch!) to be female. Interesting. Smooches, Keri

02-18-2011, 12:18 AM	#10
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