GENDER GENIE

Thanks to Glenn Reynolds, who directed me to Gender Genie, a computer program that says it can tell whether you’re male or female by the content of your prose. Fascinating. I ran four of my most recent pieces through the grinder – and a blog item or two. My average score is over 2-1 male, and the blog is the malest – much less metrosexual than even the Insta-man. And I’m a big fag. It would indeed be interesting to see whether gay male writers end up being more or less reliably identified as male by this program. My own hunch suggests that gender is a far more profound determinant of human behavior than sexual orientation. Hey, I’m writing my next book as we speak … While I’m at it, here’s Chip McGrath’s take; and more details on the methodology.