Gender Genie

April 14, 2008 at 7:26 pm (Uncategorized)

Female: 1859
Male: 1490

I can see the insult coming now — “You write like a girl!” Well, I guess it’s kind of neat to see how many masculine words you use in your writing as compared to how many feminine words.

How did they determine words as masculine or feminine? Why is “the,” which I used 46 times in my story, considered masculine and “and,” which I used 43 times, considered feminine? I think it’s all a little strange to me.

Check it out for yourself at Gender Genie.

Post a Comment