A ruby gem to genderize strings.
Genderizr.feminize(string)
replaces masculine words in string with their feminine counterparts
Genderizr.masculize(string)
replaces feminine words
Genderizr.genderize(string, turnFeminine)
Takes a masculine string and Feminizes it if turnFeminine evaluates to true, otherwise masculizes string.
0 apollo /home/brundage % irb
1.9.3-p0 :001 > require 'genderizr'
=> true
1.9.3-p0 :002 > Genderizr.feminize("A man needs to keep his head up")
=> "A woman needs to keep her head up"
Genderizr monkey-patches the String class... cause that's the Rails Way.
It adds String#feminize
, String#genderize(turnFeminine)
and String#masculize
Now you can do cool stuff like
# app/views/users/show.html.erb
<%= "#{@user.name} updated his status".genderize(@user.female?) %>
Produces
Dean updated his status.
or
Adrienne updated her status.
This gem pilfered the translation hash from JackDanger's feminizer.