h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've just discovered a rather bizarre tool after reading Alex's journal. Just paste something you've written (or something someone else has written) into the box at http://www.bookblog.net/gender/genie.html

Most of my work comes up "female", yet the one I wrote "out of the box" A14310569as a 40+y.o. single male, came up:
Words: 3233
Female Score: 3665
Male Score: 5323

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

Success!

I suspected "Streakers and Streaking" A9559678 might score "male" and I was right!

Words: 5156

Female Score: 5515
Male Score: 7325

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

I think the Guide style forces Edited Entries into looking male. I tried "St Paul's Cathedral" which was written by Mina and it scored as resoundingly male.

If you read Alex's journal, Mina's already said all her entries come up male except her entries.

Most of my entries come up as male, but the one about Empress Zoe came up as female, probably because of the number of times I used the word "she" in it.

I think you've got it, Gnomon, I just ran through an entry I wrote about a male performer and the genie said:

Words: 1712

Female Score: 1580
Male Score: 1813

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

I'm not surprised that there is a tendency for Entries to appear to be by male writers. The ultra-common word "the" is classified as a 'male' word. "Me" and "myself" are classified as 'female' words, but these would be subbed out as contravening House Guidelines.

At last, positive proof that it's a much harder life being female

3 of your Uni project came out male, and 2 female How does that work?

That's just

Nope, I am definately a bloke: I've just tried a load of non-h2g2 stuff and I still got the same result.

I could have guessed that!

Well either that softwear is wrong or my eyesight needs testing, 'cos I've met you and you're definitely a girl, even if you do drink pints.

oops, that was in reply to KerrAvon

There's nowt wrong wi' drinking pints

If Gnomon's a girl then she needs to do something about that beard.

*wipes tears of laughter*

Oh dear...

Traveller in Time apparently female
"Just dropped a bit of extremely dry documentation in the genie, It says I am female The dodo is obviously male, no detection it is extinct however. "

The genie was confused by your name, tit.

This is the kind of conversation my Dad would have loved.