ChapterZero

Is it possible to determine on the basis of a person’s email, or a corpus of emails sent by that person, that person’s gender? It would be fortuitous if I could compare all the emails I’ve saved to see if there was a difference between those originating from females, and those from males, but all of the emails I have are from males. This is because— and this is a fact that bothers me intermittently— all my friends are male. The last time I had a female friend was in high school; at first, we were really close, but by the time we graduated, we had changed so much, in separate directions that she was the most distant of my friends. She was a lot more material, and I was a lot more cerebral, to put it bluntly.

I think that characterizes the reason I have no close female friends. Friendships start off in people’s comfort zone, and mine is far from most other people’s. I like thinking people, so mine start with pretty bland conversation. In most social environments, people of the opposite sex who don’t know each other don’t engage in bland conversation. So, the problem is, I can’t flirt effectively…

I’m glad no one but me reads this site. Lets me be honest.

Possibly relevant posts:

• The Eternal and Unchanging Word of God (10/27/2003)
• the useful address book (7/23/2002)
• Ethernet! (8/24/2001)