Sunday, November 23, 2008

Maybe It's the Cat Pics

The genderanalyzer computes that there is an 81% chance that my blog is written by a woman. Another manly ER blog, MDOD, is surprisingly gender-neutral (even without cat pics).

UPDATE: Maybe if I eat some wasabi peas my blog will be as manly as GruntDoc's.

Or maybe I need to start posting about football.

via GirlyPundit

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13 Comments:

Blogger Hey, You said...

Ha, ha, that's funny!

I think it's more than just your cat-blogging--you also do recipes, and you have written about pelvic exams. Other than doctors, most men don't write about pelvic exams. And you write about fibromyalgia. How many men write about that? You must be in tune with the female mind more than most men. Good on ya!

One thing kind of interesting about that tool--it only gets it right about 53% of the time, assuming people are telling it the truth when they record whether the guess was right or wrong. I entered about 5 or 6 medical blogs, and it only got 2 of them wrong, I think. Well, it also got mine (non-medical, female) wrong by a whopping 92%, but I've barely posted.

I wonder why it doesn't just go to the profile page and see if the blogger said male or female. Perhaps the authors of that code think that would be cheating. Or it could be they used that for training, which would make it a thing to avoid once you are in production.

11/23/2008 01:25:00 PM  
Blogger Rachel said...

When I read that, I actually burst out laughing.

Thanks for the smile.

11/23/2008 02:45:00 PM  
Blogger MonkeyGirl said...

So if there's a 74% chance that I'm a boy, does that mean that I need to talk about me feeeeeelings more?

And if you're sick of all of my football talk, look at the bright side. College Hoops just kicked off.... ;-)

11/23/2008 03:24:00 PM  
Blogger scalpel said...

Obviously you need to post some pics of your kitty.

11/23/2008 03:26:00 PM  
Blogger Sabra said...

Same site thinks I'm a guy. But it's not too sure (only 54%). This site thinks you're a guy: http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php

(Funny how I was doing this last night on my own blog.)

11/23/2008 03:47:00 PM  
Anonymous cardiogirl said...

Hmm, mine came out as written by a man (68%) -- even though my web address is cardioGIRL.

11/23/2008 04:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love a man who loves cats. Mine tolerates them.

How many single women do you know who have cats? How many single MEN do you know who have cats?

11/23/2008 08:25:00 PM  
Blogger MonkeyGirl said...

I can not believe that you told me to post pictures of my kitty.

My mother reads my blog, you know.

You're dirty.

11/24/2008 03:38:00 AM  
Blogger scalpel said...

I was afraid my innocent remark might be misinterpreted. Tsk tsk.

11/24/2008 08:45:00 AM  
Blogger Mother Jones RN said...

Every manly man needs to have a feminine side, or else they are just jerks. You, sir, are no jerk.

11/25/2008 07:21:00 AM  
Blogger WhiteCoat said...

You did just post a video of two women willingly slapping each other silly.

11/25/2008 01:28:00 PM  
Blogger ERP said...

Mine is general neutral apparently.
http://www.genderanalyzer.com/?url=www.erstories.net

12/11/2008 02:09:00 PM  
Blogger ERP said...

I meant "gender" neutral.

12/11/2008 02:09:00 PM  

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