Reprint of: Fullwood, C., Evans, L. & Morris, N. (2011). Linguistic Androgyny on MySpace, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 30(1), 114-124. Linguistic Androgyny on MySpace Chris Fullwood Neil Morris Libby Evans Psychology Department, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom This paper examines sex differences in the use of gendered language features in ‘about me’ sections and forum comments on MySpace. Although men and women communicated in more stereotypically gendered ways in the forums, linguistic androgyny prevailed in ‘about me.’ It is likely that ‘about me’ sections provoke a more gender-neutral style of communication, as they are the self-representation in MySpace. Moreover, presenting oneself androgynously will be more appealing to a wider spectrum of users. Key words: Language, sex differences, computer-mediated communication, social networking It is well documented that men and women differ in their use of language (Mulac, 1998, Holmes, 1995, Lakoff, 1990). For example, women are said to communicate in a manner that reflects less concern with power (Lakoff, 1990) and more concern with politeness (Holmes, 1995). Summarising more than 30 studies in this field, Mulac, Bradac and Gibbons (2001) noted a number of language features that consistently differentiated the sexes. For example, men make more references to quantity and use more judgemental adjectives, whereas women are more likely to employ intensive adverbs and make more reference to emotion.