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Re:Visualizing language usage in New York Times news coverage by pavanky on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:50PM (#8090565)
I think his vs her is more interesting than men vs women.

http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=his.her

Surprisingly, the difference seems to be be fairly constant.

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Re:Visualizing language usage in New York Times news coverage by eamsen on Saturday July 26, 2014 @09:02PM (#8091530)
I would expect that to be more constant when individuals are addressed. My interest was towards addressing men and women as a group, which - to some degree - would reflect the 'relevance' of the group for the given time in media.
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