Gender determination

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Resources for the scientific study of gender, social status, and determination of each.

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Studies and information

• Handwriting and gender cues

Page detailing "typical" handwriting differences between genders.

• Information on gender test results

Gender tests don't tell you anything you don't already know deep down is how it boils down.

• Koppel's paper on automated gender determination

Highly detailed notes regarding training a program similar to Gender Genie (below).

• The Gender Similarities Hypothesis

A study that analyzed other studies from the past 20 years done on gender differences.

Tools

• Gender Genie

Attempts to determine the gender of the subject via verbal cues in writing samples, approximately 60% accuracy

• Sex I.D. (BBC)

Tests specifically for mental capabilities that one gender apparently performs better at.

• Gender Test at TheSpark

For humor value only.

Statement

Obviously, secondary sex characteristics have no impact on such mental impulses as handwriting and word selection, and we can all agree that social pressures have a far more influential role in such subtle behavior mechanics as word selection and letter formation.

While some may choose to proclaim that the hard-wired differences between the female and male brains give one gender an advantage over the other, I choose to believe that there are fewer of these gender-based deltas and far more nurture-based distinctions based primarily in gender role.