Comments on: the gender of your writing http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Richy's Random Ramblings http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 Richy's Random Ramblings Tue, 02 Sep 2003 22:48:33 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1918 <strong>Fun: Gender Genie</strong> Well, according to The Gender Genie's analysis of my last couple of posts, I'm female.... Hmm, unfortunately whilst I did spend last week with two lovely young women, I'm definitely male myself. Fun: Gender Genie
Well, according to The Gender Genie’s analysis of my last couple of posts, I’m female…. Hmm, unfortunately whilst I did spend last week with two lovely young women, I’m definitely male myself.

]]> By: Amanita.net http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1917 Amanita.net Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:39:21 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1917 <strong>Gender Genie</strong> Supposedly it should be right 80% of the time, but the actual results from the Gender Genie show a 50-50 split between right and wrong. Gender Genie
Supposedly it should be right 80% of the time, but the actual results from the Gender Genie show a 50-50 split between right and wrong.

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 dan Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:39:28 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1916 I just found the <a href="http://www.bookblog.net/gender/genie.html">gender genie</a>, an implementation of the algorithm to detect between male and female writing. I tested it with a few of <a href="http://melsinbox.blogspot.com/">Mel's blog</a> entries and it thought she was male once, female three times. However, it thought <a href="http://www.lifeoflevi.com/blog.php">Levi</a>, <a href="http://ahoyhoy.org/">Jason</a> and I were, for the most part, female. It's currently getting about 60% wrong though, so the algorithm needs some tweaking. I just found the gender genie, an implementation of the algorithm to detect between male and female writing. I tested it with a few of Mel’s blog entries and it thought she was male once, female three times. However, it thought Levi, Jason and I were, for the most part, female. It’s currently getting about 60% wrong though, so the algorithm needs some tweaking.

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1915 dan Fri, 11 Jul 2003 03:59:36 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1915 That makes sense. Even though people probably spend more time thinking about what they write than what they say, it's coming from the same noodle. That makes sense. Even though people probably spend more time thinking about what they write than what they say, it’s coming from the same noodle.

]]> By: Alicia http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Alicia Fri, 11 Jul 2003 03:32:14 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1914 I was reading a book that made similar observations. It said that men like to talk about things and events (sports, politics, news, etc.), while women talked about people and their relationships, and their feelings about those relationships. I paid a bit more attention for a little while and noticed it in conversations as well, not just in writing. I was reading a book that made similar observations. It said that men like to talk about things and events (sports, politics, news, etc.), while women talked about people and their relationships, and their feelings about those relationships. I paid a bit more attention for a little while and noticed it in conversations as well, not just in writing.

]]> By: jason http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 jason Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:26:40 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1913 I was thinking the exact thing Meredith wrote. I'd like to think that I write fairly neutral, but I'm sure my snowblower posts would probably make the program seg-fault and spontaneously combust. I was thinking the exact thing Meredith wrote. I’d like to think that I write fairly neutral, but I’m sure my snowblower posts would probably make the program seg-fault and spontaneously combust.

]]> By: Levi http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1912 Levi Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:13:17 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1912 Crazy stuff. And it doesn't even need to see your handwriting! I wonder, though, how much of the measured difference between the writing of men and women is innate and how much is due to cultural expectations ingrained in our society. As a side note, it seems like the technique they used was about the same as the Bayesian spam filters that are all the rage these days. I'll bet you could train one of them in the same way to replicate the experiment. Crazy stuff. And it doesn’t even need to see your handwriting! I wonder, though, how much of the measured difference between the writing of men and women is innate and how much is due to cultural expectations ingrained in our society.

As a side note, it seems like the technique they used was about the same as the Bayesian spam filters that are all the rage these days. I’ll bet you could train one of them in the same way to replicate the experiment.

]]> By: Meredith http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1911 Meredith Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:43:17 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1911 It would be interesting if they had a web-based version of this. We could all plug in blog entries and see what we got. I wonder if individual blog entries might return different results. It would be interesting if they had a web-based version of this. We could all plug in blog entries and see what we got. I wonder if individual blog entries might return different results.

]]> By: Mel http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 Mel Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:30:03 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1910 Despite my attempt to pull the wool over your eyes, I believe that most people assume I'm female when I write. Despite my attempt to pull the wool over your eyes, I believe that most people assume I’m female when I write.

]]> By: Renee http://dan.hersam.com/2003/07/10/the-gender-of-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1909 Renee Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:13:42 +0000 /?p=669#comment-1909 Hmm, I wonder how it would classify Mel... I'm picturing the movie Victor/Victoria now in my head. LOL Hmm, I wonder how it would classify Mel…

I’m picturing the movie Victor/Victoria now in my head. LOL

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