Reverse the gender of a string

Reverse the gender of a string is a draft programming task. It is not yet considered ready to be promoted as a complete task, for reasons that should be found in its talk page.

The task is to create a function that reverses the gender of the text of a string. The function should take one arguments being a string to undergo the sex change. The returned string should contain this initial string, with all references to gender switched.

<lang pseudocode>print rev_gender("She was a soul stripper. She took my heart!") He was a soul stripper. He took my heart!</lang>

Python

<lang Python>#!/usr/bin/env python

1. -*- coding: utf-8 -*- #

import re male2female=u"""maleS femaleS, maleness femaleness, him her, himself herself, his her, his hers, he she, Mr Mrs, Mister Missus, Ms Mr, Master Miss, Master Mistress, uncleS auntS, nephewS nieceS, sonS daughterS, grandsonS granddaughterS, brotherS sisterS, man woman, men women, boyS girlS, paternal maternal, grandfatherS grandmotherS, GodfatherS GodmotherS, GodsonS GoddaughterS, fiancéS fiancéeS, husband wife, husbands wives, fatherS motherS, bachelorS spinsterS, bridegroomS brideS, widowerS widowS, KnightS DameS, Sir DameS, KingS QueenS, DukeS DuchessES, PrinceS PrincessES, Lord Lady, Lords Ladies, MarquessES MarchionessES, EarlS CountessES, ViscountS ViscountessES, ladS lassES, sir madam, gentleman lady, gentlemen ladies, BaronS BaronessES, stallionS mareS, ramS eweS, coltS fillieS, billy nanny, billies nannies, bullS cowS, godS goddessES, heroS heroineS, shirtS blouseS, undies nickers, sweat glow, jackarooS jillarooS, gigoloS hookerS, landlord landlady, landlords landladies, manservantS maidservantS, actorS actressES, CountS CountessES, EmperorS EmpressES, giantS giantessES, heirS heiressES, hostS hostessES, lionS lionessES, managerS manageressES, murdererS murderessES, priestS priestessES, poetS poetessES, shepherdS shepherdessES, stewardS stewardessES, tigerS tigressES, waiterS waitressES, cockS henS, dogS bitchES, drakeS henS, dogS vixenS, tomS tibS, boarS sowS, buckS roeS, peacockS peahenS, gander goose, ganders geese, friarS nunS, monkS nunS, Adam Eve, Aaron Erin, Adrian Adriana, Aidrian Aidriana, Alan Alaina, Albert Alberta, Alex Alexa, Alex Alexis, Alexander Alaxandra, Alexander Alexandra, Alexander Alexis, Alexandra Alexander, Alexei Alexis, Alfred Alfreda, Andrew Andrea, Andrew Andrea, Angel Angelica, Anthony Antonia, Antoine Antoinette, Ariel Arielle, Ashleigh Ashley, Barry Barrie, Benedict Benita, Benjamin Benjamine, Bert Bertha, Brandon Brandi, Brendan Brenda, Briana Brian, Brian Rianne, Caela Caesi, Caeleb Caeli, Carl Carla, Carl Carly, Carolus Caroline, Charles Caroline, Charles Charlotte, Christian Christa, Christian Christiana, Christian Christina, Christopher Christina, Christopher Christine, Clarence Claire, Claude Claudia, Clement Clementine, Cory Cora, Daniel Daniella, Daniel Danielle, David Davena, David Davida, David Davina, Dean Deanna, Devin Devina, Edward Edwina, Edwin Edwina, Emil Emilie, Emil Emily, Eric Erica, Erick Erica, Erick Ericka, Ernest Ernestine, Ethan Etha, Ethan Ethel, Eugene Eugenie, Fabian Fabia, Francesco Francesca, Frances Francesca, Francis Frances, Francis Francine, Frederick Fredrica, Fred Freda, Fredrick Frederica, Gabriel Gabriella, Gabriel Gabrielle, Gene Jean, George Georgia, george georgina, George Georgina, Gerald Geraldine, Giovanni Giovanna, Glen Glenn, Harry Harriet, Harry Harriette, Heather Heath, Henry Henrietta, Horace Horatia, Ian Iana, Ilija Ilinka, Ivo Ivy, Ivan Ivy, Jack Jackelyn, Jack Jackie, Jack Jaclyn, Jack Jacqueline, Jacob Jacobine, James Jamesina, James Jamie, Jaun Jaunita, Jayda Jayden, Jesse Jessica, Jesse Jessie, Joe Johanna, Joel Joelle, John Jean, John Joan, John Johanna, Joleen Joseph, Jon Joane, Joseph Josephine, Joseph Josphine, Julian Julia, Julian Juliana, Julian Julianna, Justin Justine, Karl Karly, Kendrick Kendra, Ken Kendra, Kian Kiana, Kyle Kylie, Laurence Laura, Laurence Lauren, Laurence Laurencia, Leigh Leigha, Leon Leona, Louis Louise, Lucas Lucia, Lucian Lucy, Luke Lucia, Lyle Lyla, Maria Mario, Mario Maricela, Mark Marcia, Marshall Marsha, Martin martina, Martin Martina, Martin Martine, Max Maxine, Michael Michaela, Michael Micheala, Michael Michelle, Mitchell Michelle, Nadir Nadira, Nicholas Nicole, Nicholas Nicki, Nicholas Nicole, Nicky Nikki, Nicolas Nicole, Nigel Nigella, Noel Noelle, Oen Ioena, Oliver Olivia, Patrick Patricia, Paul Paula, Phillip Phillipa, Phillip Pippa, Quintin Quintina, Reginald Regina, Richard Richardine, Robert Roberta, Robert Robyn, Ronald Rhonda, Ryan Rhian, Ryan Ryanne, Samantha Samuel, Samuel Samantha, Samuel Sammantha, Samuel Samuela, Sean Sian, Sean Siana, Shaun Shauna, Sheldon Shelby, Sonny Sunny, Stephan Stephanie, Stephen Stephanie, Steven Stephanie, Terry Carol, Terry Carrol, Theodore Theadora, Theodore Theodora, Theodore Theordora, Thomas Thomasina, Tristan Tricia, Tristen Tricia, Ulric Ulrika, Valentin Valentina, Victor Victoria, William Wilhelmina, William Willa, William Willamina, Xavier Xaviera, Yarden Yardena, Zahi Zahira, Zion Ziona"""

re_nl=re.compile(r",[ \n]*") m2f=[ tok.split(" ") for tok in re_nl.split(male2female) ]

switch={} words=[]

re_plural=re.compile("E*S$") re_ES=re.compile("ES$")

def gen_pluralize(m,f):

1. do plurals first

 yield re_plural.sub("",m),re_plural.sub("",f)
 yield re_ES.sub("es",m),re_ES.sub("es",f)
 yield re_plural.sub("s",m),re_plural.sub("s",f)

def gen_capitalize_pluralize(m,f):

 for m,f in gen_pluralize(m,f):
   yield m.capitalize(), f.capitalize()
   yield m,f

def gen_switch_role_capitalize_pluralize(m,f):

 for m,f in gen_capitalize_pluralize(m,f):
   yield m,f
   yield f,m

for m,f in m2f:

 for xy,xx in gen_switch_role_capitalize_pluralize(m,f):
   if xy not in switch: 
     switch[xy]=xx
     words.append(xy)

words="|".join(words)

re_word=re.compile(ur"\b("+words+ur")\b")

text=uWhen a new-hatched savage running wild about his native woodlands in a grass clout, followed by the nibbling goats, as if he were a green sapling; even then, in Queequeg's ambitious soul, lurked a strong desire to see something more of Christendom than a specimen whaler or two. His father was a High Chief, a King; his uncle a High Priest; and on the maternal side he boasted aunts who were the wives of unconquerable warriors. There was excellent blood in his veins-royal stuff; though sadly vitiated, I fear, by the cannibal propensity he nourished in his untutored youth.

def rev_gender(text):

 text=re_word.split(text)
 return "".join([ word+switch[gen] for word,gen in zip(text[::2],text[1::2])])+text[-1]

print rev_gender(text)</lang> Output:

When a new-hatched savage running wild about her native
woodlands in a grass clout, followed by the nibbling goats, as if
she were a green sapling; even then, in Queequeg's ambitious soul,
lurked a strong desire to see something more of Christendom than
a specimen whaler or two. Her mother was a High Chief, a Queen;
her aunt a High Priestess; and on the paternal side she boasted uncles
who were the husbands of unconquerable warriors. There was excellent
blood in her veins-royal stuff; though sadly vitiated, I fear,
by the cannibal propensity she nourished in her untutored youth.