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redheadedfemmeAccording to Gender Guesser, I write 77% male in an informal setting, and 50% male in a formal one, with a "weak European emphasis."
Genre: Informal
Female = 394
Male = 1325
Difference = 931; 77.07%
Verdict: MALE
Genre: Formal
Female = 559
Male = 564
Difference = 5; 50.22%
Verdict: Weak MALE
Weak emphasis could indicate European.
This is a load of hooey. "Gender-specific word frequencies" (from the website)? What the devil does that mean? That men use a lot of one-syllable words, and women say "pink" and "children" every other sentence? I would think that would depend on the topic and one's intended audience, don't you? I mean, if the same person--either male or female--wrote both an erotic romance and a hard science-fiction epic, of course the tone and word choices would be different, suitable to the demands of the genre and the story.
Obviously, this plays into gender and societal stereotypes. I don't write like anything but a WRITER, and neither do you. Also, if a live person had actually read the post I submitted, it would immediately become clear that I was writing from the perspective of a woman.
Sheesh.
Genre: Informal
Female = 394
Male = 1325
Difference = 931; 77.07%
Verdict: MALE
Genre: Formal
Female = 559
Male = 564
Difference = 5; 50.22%
Verdict: Weak MALE
Weak emphasis could indicate European.
This is a load of hooey. "Gender-specific word frequencies" (from the website)? What the devil does that mean? That men use a lot of one-syllable words, and women say "pink" and "children" every other sentence? I would think that would depend on the topic and one's intended audience, don't you? I mean, if the same person--either male or female--wrote both an erotic romance and a hard science-fiction epic, of course the tone and word choices would be different, suitable to the demands of the genre and the story.
Obviously, this plays into gender and societal stereotypes. I don't write like anything but a WRITER, and neither do you. Also, if a live person had actually read the post I submitted, it would immediately become clear that I was writing from the perspective of a woman.
Sheesh.
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