he typed, she typed

Saw an interesting snippet of a study in The Standard. Reminds me that every thing that we do […]

Saw an interesting snippet of a study in The Standard. Reminds me that every thing that we do reveals who we are, even how we punctuate…

HE TYPED, SHE TYPED
Don’t try to fool Susan Herring. The professor of information science at Indiana University can tell whether an e-mail was written by a man or woman by reading only a few lines. “People actually exaggerate their gender online,” says Herring, who has been studying sex differences in online communication for 10 years. Here are some of the tell-tale signs to watch for. – Liz Krieger
If you see…
It’s a …
Because …
If I’m soooo tiredwomanWeakness for repeating letters.
Ah, hell! Damn!man92 percent of profanities (and 90 percent of sexual references) come from men.
WOW, HEYmanFondness for interjections.
🙂 🙁 😛womanMore likely to use emoticons, a way to how they feel.
; manThe only emoticon guys use more. Flirty.
LOL, ha ha, hee heewomanEmphasizes conversational engagement.
heh hehmanFlirtatious juvenile Beavis.
!!!!womanGenerally more effusive.

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    David

    I soooooo have to agree with Cindy; this lot is total pants. Enough of the tired, outmoded gender stereotypes and their inane supporters! Bastards! Smash the dichotomous society! 🙂 LOL

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    Stu

    That explains a lot. I was swapping emails with someone for a whole fortnight and when I told her about a girl I was in love with she still thought I was a lesbian.

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