genderizr

A ruby gem to genderize strings.

Usage

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.

On its own

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" 

In Rails

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.