Algorithms find top 11 adjectives for men v. women in 3.5M books - Futurity

You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Machine learning analyzed 3.5 million books to find that adjectives ascribed to women tend to describe physical appearance, whereas words that refer to behavior go to men. "Beautiful" and "sexy" are two of the adjectives most frequently used to describe women. Commonly used descriptors for men include righteous, rational, and courageous. Researchers trawled through an enormous quantity of books in an effort to find out whether there is a difference between the types of words that describe men and women in literature.