Actually, there is an online writing analysis tool that predicts with a high degree of accuracy whether a paragraph is written by a male or female.
It didn't work for me, technically, since I am a female and it picked several pieces of my writing as being penned by a male. But then again, in other tests I have done that determine whether you think like a man or a woman, I come out strongly on the male-brained side (86 percent tendency - which is higher than a lot of men get). Those tests measure stuff like spatial grasp, use of emotive words, use of pronouns, etc.
I can't find the link right now but will post it if I do.
When I was reading Lionel Shriver's book "We Need To Talk About Kevin", I found myself marvelling that a male writer could write such an incredibly convincing female lead. But then I realised that Lionel is actually a woman who changed her name when she was a teenager (born Margaret Ann). So I guess her gender came through despite my initial misunderstanding.
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