Sunday, August 31, 2008

Accord to Gender Guesser, I write like a guy, a "weak male"--the "weak emphasis could indicate European." It's a pretty fun distraction: you paste in your own writing (I used a passage from ISYFTW), then receive an analysis that takes a stab at whether you're a man or a woman. To check it out, click here.

2 comments:

Er ist glaubhaft said...

I sampled the first page of my story about the German prostitute. The result? Weak FEMALE.

I sampled the first page of my story about the snapping turtle and the crooked therapist. The result? Weak MALE.

Finally I sampled Steve Almond's "Writing Sex." The result? Weak MALE.

I saved a copy of the researchers' paper because I want to find out exactly what is the point of this.

Trestles said...

I put my prose in. I'm a weak male too.

I put in a section from A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Verdict: Female. No wonder Hemingway was conflicted.