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Posted on Nov 23rd, 2008 by Keith : Gentle Soul Keith
Anti-gender

Not sure if this is a joke or not.  It appeared initially to be kinda fun! . . . which is what Gender Analyzer posted on their site . . .

"We created Genderanalyzer out of curiosity and fun. It uses Artificial Intelligence to determine if a homepage is written by a man or woman. Behind the scene, a text classifier hosted over at uClassify.com has been trained on blogs written by men and women. In our lab it seems to work pretty well, we want to see how it performs on the web! We hope you like it!"

So, to test this out I put in my own blog.  Not surprisingly, the analysis came back that there was an 83% probability the writer of the blog was male.

I then moved on to Aley.  The site didn't like her blog at all.  Received an error message . . . "Sorry, we can only classify web pages written in english" . . .

Hmmm?  Don't know what that's all about.  Also get this message on Morningstar, Siona, Deb, Starseed, Gemstar and others.

You see, what began as something interesting and fun . . . soon turned into an obsession!!!   Here are some other results for a few of my friends:

     Samme 90% male

     Ricky 66% male

     Ariela 78% male

     Bluewater 97% male

     Martha 89% male

     Donny 64% male

     Meenakshi 83% male

     C.G. 63% male

     Matthew 94% male

     Peggy J 82% male

I had to stop.  See the pattern?  I would expect our good friends Ricky and Donny to be where they are because they're very balanced.

But Bluewater?  And Samme, who really, really should take the title of Gentle Soul?

If, in fact, this site is not a joke, then an analysis of our individual blogs should lean female. 

Could find not one. 
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Sherrilene : Living Ever Closer to Excellence!
11 minutes later
Sherrilene said

Totally funny; starting with Aley's non-English!

It would be great to know the parameters for their analysis. It seems to be quite backward. But funny. I hope it's a joke!

Best to you, Sherrilene

12 minutes later
abundantlife said

Was the site created by males like our past dominant society?

What is the motivation for the analysis?

Interesting.  hmmmmm

13 minutes later
abundantlife said

I was with Donny at 64% male.  hehehe

Samme : Prince of Rainbows?
18 minutes later
Samme said

I am laughing at my result!  LOL
Thank you Keith for this, this is an eye opener.  I actually have mentioned this idea before in one of my blogs (I forgot which one) talking about creativity.  I either read it from The Artist's Way or from Alexandra Stoddard that we should write sometimes or create something that seems like created by the opposite sex.  Well I thought that was easy for me to do, since I am more yin than yang.  And I am laughing because my result is 90% male from that website?  I never knew I could be that butch?  LOL

Resurrected1 : Ariela -Quantum Leaper
19 minutes later
Resurrected1 said

Whaaaaaaaaaaa…?!
LMAO :-D I'm not very surprised at the outcome for myself, I think I'm pretty balanced :-D

The ones who got an inconclusive are probably VERY balanced! LOL!

But I'm really thinking what LeAnn is…that this thingy is created by men with male criteria and male leanings! LMAO! :-D

This was funnnnnnnnnny! Thanks Appa!~~~<3

PS…Looking at what Janie Bluewater and Samme came out with, these wonderful people who embody the aspects of the Divine Feminine beautifully, I am really thinking that this whole thing is out of whack! LOL LOL LOL! :-P

This computer program probably has gender issues and is in the closet :-D

Keith : Gentle Soul
27 minutes later
Keith said

I honestly don't know what to make of this.  If this, in fact, is a balanced analysis … then it appears all the ladies here … have … um? … well … you know …

{{{SCRATCHING HEAD}}}

Keith : Gentle Soul
35 minutes later
Keith said

Since I came in as being at least 83% male … I felt it appropriate to put my very “male” sun avatar back up.

Samme, you may want to look for a proverbial “Marlborough Man” pic at 90%.

My-oh-my, oh-my-oh-my … what in the world is Bluewater going to do????

Enlightened.thinker : Light-plerker
37 minutes later
Enlightened.thinker said

Ok….how can an English teacher not write in English? Very suspicious! And it reminds me of the Literary Canon of old: Dead White Men…

Sexist? You bet! LOL

As Mork would say: NanuNanu

Siona : Synchronicity Coordinator
about 1 hour later
Siona said

Congratulations, all, If you can read my writing, you must be bi-lingual. I'm a bit mystified as to what tongue it is I am using, though. Gaian?

Hm.

I also don't think the tool is saying how gendered someone's writing is, but rather how sure they are that the person is male or female. That is, if you get a 90% male, the tool is 90% sure that you're of that gender. I could be wrong, but that's ordinarily how those explanations work.

Aley! NanuNanu! I walked by Mork and Mindy's house this morning. No joke. :)

YoungHawk : Being of Light
about 1 hour later
YoungHawk said

hahahahahahahahaha

You know it's extremely funny when almost all the males scored lower than the females, of course the Keith being the exception.  I guess you get to be our male representation Keith, you stud you….hehe :)

debyemm : Tree Hugging Dirt Worshiper
about 1 hour later
debyemm said

Keith,

This is amazing.  I wonder what criteria they use to classify?  Siona, may be onto to something.  Maybe the more one “speaks” Gaian, the harder it is to figure out.  I tried my Friday Five blog, answer to being tagged, and got the same response you got for Aley. 

An error occurred

Sorry, we can only classify web pages written in english

Ah, wait, perhaps the problem is using a blog -


So, I tried my homepage but I got the same message.  Could it be that the women at Gaia are a cut above gender?  Hum, I wonder if we chose someone who is a real girly-girl to test it on.

Anyway, sorry whoever created this monster.  It doesn't work.  Reminds me of the good old days when Gaia was trying to classify who was the “cream of the crop” in the community.  It doesn't work folks.  Not with authentic, complicated - nonprogrammed robotic - people.

Thanks for bringing me over for a bit of fun, Keith.  I didn't know you cared (not to worry Aley, I know whose he is ! ! !)

Deb

 Meenakshi : Wholeness
about 1 hour later
Meenakshi said

I love this for myself; because even though it may be a flawed tool;  the synchronicity of your blog and the findings are just AMAZING!!![No surprise there, right?!]

just today, on the Ambie pod, I mentioned to Andrew: “I guess I always try to think of people as people first and men and women second;” which is how i think about myself, actually. I feel  more of a woman than feminine; specially as I go more with thought than emotion in my decisions.

And I was talking to my husband today, about male-female balance, and we were linking it to the stock market [DO NOT ASK !!! I have several theories of this sort];  and also wondering if my mis-step in communications are always with men [no, they're not; that's equally balanced]; so, this blog coming today is a welcome interjection.

Loving it, and specially the Gaian language Aley , Siona, and others have invented :0 !!!!

FastDart : Peaceful Arrow
about 1 hour later
FastDart said

Keith
This program is whacked and in the closet. I tried it on many of my female friends and they all came back as Males. I came back as 98% Male so I know it's correct. :-P

Try this it's always right on.
NSA's Super Spy-O-Matic,
it's never wrong  ;-)

Janet : Strategic Enthusiast
about 1 hour later
Janet said

How funny is that? I had to try myself and did so using my gaia home page, (not in English apparently), one of my blogposts - 89% dude, both of my off gaia blogs- 98% dude and 86% dude. 

I would be very interested to know if anyone at all has come up female.

Gemstar : Star-Child
about 2 hours later
Gemstar said

LOL…..  Hmmmmfffff!  I pride myself on my English composition - and I did check it out to see if it would give me the same result, which it did.  I also tried it on both of my web-sites, and the results were 72% for one and 70% for the other - both leaning toward “Male”.  Last time I checked, I didn't qualify…..  :O)

An aside to Lars:  the NSA thingy was totally off the wall on me, too.  Guess I make a really good camillion.  LOL


Maybe it's the butterfly thing - are butterflies male or female? ROFL

Thanks Keith for the chuckle, and for caring enough to check, at least. ~~^v^~~

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 2 hours later
Keith said

Me too!!!  One of our ladies should post something gender-specific … like how to do a breast self-examination … or common monthly cycle myths and facts … or whathaveyou … then test again.

This is whacked for sure.

Larry, I went to the site you linked to.  When I searched for my wife, this came up …

Enlightened.Thinker downloaded an MP3 remix of The Bangle's pro-terrorist Islamic hymn “Walk Like An Egyptian.”

Hmmm? 

Better watch my step …

elisa : Mirror
about 2 hours later
elisa said

no it says we all dont' speak english …thus allowing us to be ignored lol

Janet : Strategic Enthusiast
about 2 hours later
Janet said

I did finally find a blog that turned out to be identified as a woman.  But it uses the word 'She' in the subtitle….

debyemm : Tree Hugging Dirt Worshiper
about 2 hours later
debyemm said

Lars,

That was too funny, it said of me

“Debyemm thinks that captured terrorist masterminds should be imprisoned at Club Med.”

Hey, just me in charge of justice and they will be surrendering in droves ! ! !

Thanks, I'm laughing so hard right now I have tears in my eyes …

Deb 

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 3 hours later
Keith said

Who was it Janet?

I want to know if there's a real woman on the blogosphere!!!!

buddingspritelet : full throttle
about 3 hours later
buddingspritelet said

Oh my, this is what it said about me

“buddingspritelet self-publishes pornographic fan fiction about Omar Sharif”

btw, who is Omar Sharif?

Resurrected1 : Ariela -Quantum Leaper
about 3 hours later
Resurrected1 said

Whaaaaaaaaaaa….?!?!?!?!?!!!!!
I'd take any of your responses from the SpySite! You know what it said about me?
OMG it's so horrible! LMAO!!! And I DID NO SUCH THING!!!!

Resurrected1 bookmarked the website Beheading-Christian-Toddlers-Then-Barbecuing-Their-Corpses.com.
:-o

C.G. : Sacred Vow
about 3 hours later
C.G. said

Thanks for including me, Keith. Quite fun.

The software is very kind to me. I think it must have been written by an energetic relative.
  It was even kinder on two other blogs that I write–basically the same material, without the Gaia QAR responses:
 

We guess http://kathmandau.blogspot.com  is written by a woman (55%), however it's quite gender neutral.


We guess http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=417567645  is written by a woman (52%), however it's quite gender neutral.

I, personally, am sorry that the program's accuracy is in question. Given the nature of my novel aspirations, I would otherwise find the results quite inspiring.
However, my sweetheart will assure you (and the software) I have plenty of training (culturing) to go!

Samme….I bet it was the bad-boy appearance you were suporting on return from your recent sabbatical that pushed you over into the Malboro category.

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 3 hours later
Keith said

Omar Sharif is an actor who I'm sure you've seen.  Remember Doctor Zhivago?

C.G. : Sacred Vow
about 3 hours later
C.G. said

here you go….. Kelly (non-gaian, does pretty well)
We guess http://she-power.com/  is written by a woman (52%), however it's quite gender neutral.

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 3 hours later
Keith said

CG … you make my point exactly!  I would “expect” the program to return ”however it's quite gender neutral” for … most who blog here!!!!!

Starseed : Lovesong
about 3 hours later
Starseed said

Keith and All, what a very, very interesting anaylsis…my first thought when I saw that I was in the category with Aley and four others who I believe to be female and each of whom I admire was an honor…

For anyone who wonders, I am here in this incarnation as a straight female so there is nothing left to the imagination there or no alternative sexual identity to factor into this equation. 

My second thought was that  my androgynous genes from ages past and future must be showing and thus it would probably look to an AI to be an off-planet language and certainly not English.

So, this confirms what I have always known…I am just not like the majority of the earth population…LOL!!!


This was fun and whoever or whatever came up with that program it would be interesting to see what kind of criteria it was fed…very interesting indeed!

Love, and Laughter,
Starseed

about 3 hours later
Jordan said

in my opinion, masculin and feminine things and sexauality are all just societal constructs that dont matter one bit. if you actually care what 9/10ths of the world says about who you should be attracted to, or what you should act like just because of your reprodctive organs, than you need to grow up.

Samme : Prince of Rainbows?
about 3 hours later
Samme said

Lars on your link my result is;

samme samareta sometimes discusses “the weather” with Middle Eastern cab drivers.

True!!!   LOL

And Keith, I take everything you said about me as a “compliment”.  Thank you. 
And BTW, Bluewater Janie and I are collaborating on a project that all of you will know soon.  So our compatibility meter is very good, so please pray/affirm that our project collaboration is a success!  And so it is.

Thank you,
Samme

Samme : Prince of Rainbows?
about 4 hours later
Samme said

And Keith per your suggestion, I put this up as my icon,

http://princesamwise.gaia.com/photos/view/455058#comments

LOL,
Samme

surfing Gaia while stopping over at a coffee shop to drink coffee for my ten hour drive ahead still.  see you all later.

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 4 hours later
Keith said

SAMME!!!!!  You crack me up!!!!!!!!!

And of course … every word is indeed the highest of compliments …

Carla : peace artist
about 4 hours later
Carla said

Following Samme's deer path and the very hilarious photo he posted, I came here, and had to put in my websites:
Gaia site: we only analyze sites written in English ….
I was convinced that it was a joke that labeled all feminine sites as not English

Then I put in carlasanders.com
and got 100% male
Maybe they think only males would have the word breast on a home page ???
then I put in my typepad address which goes to the exact same page as carlasanders.com.
67% female

Hahahahaha

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 5 hours later
Keith said

Actually, Carla, you were also one of those who I put in this morning.  But there were so many I just forgot to list you!!!!

100%, huh?  Well, that means you win … the cigar!!!!  None of this is logical to me at all.  Carla, I've read your posts and I've been to your house.  No one can hold a light to your Divine Femininity.  No one.  You're certainly not all pink and girly-frills, but you are anything but masculine!!!

about 5 hours later
Jay said

haha, i got that i don't speak english. i suppose that makes sense, considering how i'm a bit queer when it comes to gender and stuff.

MorningStar : Seeker-Traveler
about 5 hours later
MorningStar said

This is SO wild…  Perhaps it said my blogs weren't in English because I use so many unique words like: GaiaSphere and Gaiacide and lots of acronynms. Fascinating…. Would like to look into this….  Thanks!

Carla : peace artist
about 8 hours later
Carla said

Well, Keith, thank you! Now is a cigar just a cigar????

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 8 hours later
Keith said

Um? … Well? … Dear friend … I suppose you don't necessarily have to smoke it. 

Carla : peace artist
about 9 hours later
Carla said

I like to draw.

about 9 hours later
cHAngeL said

Pulls sword from side, flexes bicep, and checks to make sure my vesica piscis is still…

yep…

Must be a past life analysis or somen.  :D

I will have a cigar and a….well…. a light? :)

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 9 hours later
Keith said

Hmmm?

Best I not comment …

martha : wildlygentle
about 10 hours later
martha said

It's just the pirate in me!  :)

Flowerchild : Girl On A Journey
about 11 hours later
Flowerchild said

We think http://niecy.gaia.com/blog is written by a man (82%).

But!

We guess http://6thsenseconnection.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=joyousones is written by a woman (58%), however it's quite gender neutral.

Interesting……

Keith : Gentle Soul
about 11 hours later
Keith said

{{{SIGH}}}

Who would have guessed all you ladies wore jock straps.

If you really want a hoot … check out FastDart's NSA's Super Spy-O-Matic

Albert  : Evolutionary Entrepreneur
about 14 hours later
Albert said
~Matthew : Youthful Maturity
about 22 hours later
~Matthew said

I think I figured out why it's 94% certain I am a male.  In one of my blog posts I just wrote “I am a male” 94 times and “I am a female” 6 times, by accident.  You probably all did the same type of thing.  Mystery solved.

Donny : (*  *)
2 days later
Donny said

Hi keith, thanks for directing me here and sorry I've been away so long.  Very interesting days afoot in the valley time forgot here…

Did you by any chance feed this thing the blog entry that has a picture of me in a dress?

Keith : Gentle Soul
2 days later
Keith said

No Donny,

I forgot about that.  I'm sure it picked it up, though.

Ain't technology wonderful?

Doug : Back Yard Artist
3 days later
Doug said

I tried three blogs of mine and they all came up 100%!

http://johna16.gaia.com/blog/2008/8/montana_sunsets

That's 100% female! 

Guess I'm the only woman on Gaia! Lol!

Keith : Gentle Soul
3 days later
Keith said

Whoa!!!!

Touch you … guy … er? … . person.

I, um?, wouldn't mention this to your wife if I were you.

5 days later
Peggy J said

Well, well, well!

I leave the site for a week & lol, my gender changes:).

Memory reminds me that…. back in the 80s my “definitely male” companion & me “definitely female” read several 'couple compatible' surveys…. for fun we each filled them out & in answering the questions we both declared that those folks were old-ways in their thinking… they clearly had not caught up with the current understanding that “WE ALL embody the cultural conditioning, as well, many of us have dropped a lot of cultural conditioning and recognize that both female & male qualities & abilities reside in every one of us.”  We laughed…. & said that there are no test for those who have become WHOLE beings: Gaians:)!

Keith : Gentle Soul
5 days later
Keith said

LOL!!

I would have to agree with you Ms. Peggy!!!!

Um? … Doug would as well …

Mila : adventurer
7 days later
Mila said

Sharing my results, which I'm quite satisfied with! Yay!!!

Am curious what is their definition of female and the parameters for their analysis, as Sherri has pointed out atop!

Results

We have strong indicators that http://armila.gaia.com/blog is written by a woman (100%).

Susan #1 : Balanced
7 days later
Susan #1 said

YAY!!!! I'm with Mila…
We have strong indicators that http://edusue13.gaia.com/blog is written by a woman (100%).
I don't know what that says about me, but I am a woman… guess I write like one - whatever that means!
Hugs!
-Susan

Keith : Gentle Soul
7 days later
Keith said

Well!!!!!

I was beginning to worry!!  So glad the Divine Feminine is alive and well …

Alika : Harbinger of ALOHA!
8 days later
Alika said

I apparently am the most girlie-man guy on Gaia - my blog analysis says that I am 100% a woman –  The power of my Tutu must be strong within me!

8 days later
cHAngeL said

Isn't it interesting that we still discuss these distinctions between ourselves, when we all came from a love so divine, it has no gender or bias.

That is what I call divinity.

Alika : Harbinger of ALOHA!
8 days later
Alika said

I take comfort that a computer program can be so completely wrong – it confirms the need we all have for a human touch.

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