Via Glenn Reynolds, I read about the Gender Analyzer War. (Just plug in any blog URL at the Gender Analyzer, and it will tell you how male the blogger is.)
While the ostensible blog manliness showdown initially arose between Jules Crittenden and Gateway Pundit (the former being a whopping 95% male in contrast to the latter’s “girly” 53%), they’re also snarking at Glenn’s 64% manliness factor. To which Glenn replies,
Personally, I’m quite comfortable with my feminine side.
Being someone who is quite uncomfortable with all of my “sides,” naturally, this all made me wonder about myself. So, I plugged in Classical Values’ URL, and saw this:
We think http://www.classicalvalues.com/ is written by a man (72%).
Eeek! This places me between Glenn Reynolds and Andrew Sullivan. Odd, because Glenn strikes me as more butch (a lot more butch) than Andrew.
Hmmm….
Of course, Sullivan devotes a huge amount of time (more than almost any major blogger) to obsessing about homosexuality. So I wondered…. might homosexuality increase the maleness factor?
While I don’t think this blog is obsessed with homosexuality, it just so happens that yesterday I wrote a long and detailed post about sordid homosexual sex in restrooms.
So I entered the post URL in the Gender Analyzer, and sure enough, the maleness went up dramatically:
We think http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/11/part_of_the_cul.html is written by a man (81%).
It’s tough to draw definitive conclusions, but I guess the lesson here is that when I write about homosexuality, my manhood increases — to a point beyond that of Andrew Sullivan.
Except somehow, I don’t like the way that looks.
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6 responses to “Up with maleness?”
It’s interesting that homosexuality makes a blog more manly. (Is there a lesbian blog we can test to see if this works in reverse?)
For giggles, I plugged in the “Kissing Suzy Kolber” blog, http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/, a very juvenile, very funny, NFL humor blog that is about two things: pro football and titties, and not necessarily in that order. Lots of football, insults, and pictures of barely-dressed young ladies. 53 percent male.
Yet Andrew Freakin’ Sullivan is 80 percent male. Geez, I’m guessing the Elton John blog rates 95 percent male and the Bravo homepage comes in a 100.
Hmmmm….
We guess http://www.darleenclick.com/weblog is written by a man (52%), however it’s quite gender neutral.
I’ve never been accused of being a girly girl, but 73% male for my blog isn’t what I expected!
Eric,
It is worse than you think. I just plugged in Power and Control and got 79%.
So I’m helping raise your score. 🙂
Best not to talk about “Sully”, “homosexuality”, and “your manhood increasing” in the Minneapolis airport restroom.
Little traveling tip for you.
My blog got a whopping 79%…what are they trying to imply?
For what it’s worth, another blog I read that I know is written by a happily married (to a man) woman got 93% manly.