What it feels like for a transgender.
Okay, so I went to the Gender Genie , which reckons it can tell who is a girl and who is a boy BY THEIR TYPING ALONE.
At first I thought it would be one of those dumb internet things where you think you're going to see a picture of yourself and it's actually a monkey (laugh? I nearly schmitzed), but as I am brilliant at procrastinating I thought I'd give it a go.
Firstly I tried yesterday's blog entry. Sure I say I hate children, but it's WITH THEIR LITERARY DEVELOPMENT IN MIND. Here is my score:
Words: 349
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 522
Male Score: 802
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
Wait - wtf? I am not male. Just ask Melbourne's premier rock musicians, LOLOLOL RAOF LMAO.
Okay, so then I see that perhaps if I'd READ IN DETAIL instead of SKIMMING, I should have used more than 500 words. So fucking Beckham right now. Here is my second result, with a greater amount of text:
Words: 1239
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1704
Male Score: 2149
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
And then, when in a fit of incandescent rage I clicked on the 'actually I'm FEMALE you DUMB FUCK COMPUTER' button, I get this:
That is one butch chick.
According to Koppel and Argamon, the algorithm should predict the gender of the author approximately 80% of the time.
Accuracy Results
Am I right?
yes 151198 (60.84%)
no 97334 (39.16%)
248532 total responses since September 13, 2003
I'm not sure I mind being a bit of a tomboy or, you know, just one of the guys like that cute girl in the shitty 80's movie:
Woah! Best not drop those football helmets lest they discover my giney!
As long as you folks heart me that's all that matters.
That's it. I'm going to go and play with my penis.
985 days til the next election.
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pisht. apparantly i'm male too.
female: 992
male: 1247
yeah, well. i'm in good company.
Were we not all created with both genders anyway? Not a meagre oversight by the good folk at Gender Genie I reckon and me thinks they are trying to mess wit you.
*grabs pitch fork*
LET'S GET 'EM!
You have aginey on your chest?
You have *two* gineys?
I am a male also. Maybe I am not such a crap tomboy after all.
Add me to the list of walking girlycocks!
Female Score: 2928
Male Score: 5280
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
Actually, I'm *incredibly* butch. Miranda Airey Branson would positively cower in fear if she met me, bless!
Words: 936
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1627
Male Score: 988
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
I am offended by this attempt at gender stereotyping. Speaking as a woman.
Female Score: 869
Male Score: 927
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
well, it was a pretty close call, so i think i should come clean finally.
i am a hermaphrodite.
deal with it.
Dammit! Apparently, I'm male too. (Hint: I'M NOT!!!)
The damn genie took a bit of attitude with me too, "Don't blame me, I didn't write the program" or something like that.
Sheesh!
Female Score: 1230
Male Score: 1302
Alright! I get to keep my balls!!
That Genie needs a great fucking slap.
Far too fucking cocky for my liking. A swift cheese grater up the bunghole would teach it to be so dismissive of my titties!
You and Miranda both, my dear.
For the record, I passed the test with flying colours. My masculinity is... INDISPUTABLE!
Well, this is confusing...
Words: 1223
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
Female Score: 1635
Male Score: 1195
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
I'm more than happy to just get my cock out if anyone is confused by my feminine language.
I think it's funny you bothered to express that as a conditional.
The Genie thinks I am a woman.
Oddly I am more aroused than I am offended by this... I would be so hot as a woman.
Ben.
Female Score: 1130
Male Score: 977
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
Fuck! At least I'm somewhat male. I think the genie is queenie.
Maybe we shouldn't be so hard on the genie. After all, whoever he/she is probably spends the time in between getting people's genders wrong on that internet bubble-wrap popping site. Have you seen this thing? You just sit there and click on the bubbles, and they make a 'pop' sound. Woo. Hoo.
Well, fuckin' call me Mr. Four Balls. For my latest blog post:
Words: 868
Female Score: 977
Male Score: 1946
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
I think it's because I said "fuck" and "cunt" a lot. 'Cause only men swear.
Happy Birthday Bucky!
Female Score: 2835
Male Score: 865
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
I think it's time for me to fess up and just get the damn operation. Oy.
Sherriff! Hey slut, I'm sending your parents a letter telling them you're a whore!
Thanks Fitsy!
Happy? 40...
This is actually a good thing - it means as a writer you can realistically create male roles etc. Not an easy thing for a "chick brain" to do.
Measure your index finger against your ring finger. I'm betting your ring finger is longer. This means you have slightly more testosterone in your bod. It doesn't mean you're really a bloke.
"girly girls" that can't read road maps have longer index fingers than their ring fingers, indicating higher estrogen levels.
It's bizarre that I know this trivia.
Female Score: 542
Male Score: 675
Hemmingway to Northcote Knob, it's a natural handover of the testeronic writing baton...
Female Score: 1466
Male Score: 2095
Even though it's complete bollocks. Did you notice that "him" is a 'female' word? Ah, typical chicks - always gabbin' about boys. Meanwhile, "the" is counted as a 'male' word.
Yeah, i'm a boy too.
Female Score: 1277
Male Score: 1426
i like that 'in' is a boy word but 'out' is a girl word.
I'm too scared to do the test. Lest it make me lose my 'cred and dub me female.
Although I feel very chuffed about my ring finger being longer. Hah! I always knew I was more testosterony. THAT'S why the pill makes my psychotic: oestrogen overdose!
I heart science.
Female Score: 709
Male Score: 1878
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
Hooray. I think it guessed i'm male because I put in my politics homework adn only men are capable of political thought.
Yep, I'm "one butch chick" too.
Words: 760
Female Score: 866
Male Score: 1544
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
And my index finger is longer than my ring finger too... does that mean I'm a ditzy butch chick?!
What rubbish, one of my friends is transgendered and it is nothing like that.
He was one of my best friends at Uni and he was one of the blokiest blokes I knew.
He is now living with a partner in the country and working at a university. Many people in his situation work on the web from home due to discrimination.
Thanks - Tim.
I heart hearting stuff.
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