The aim of this study was to investigate the use of textual metadiscourse markers in male and female students descriptive essays. This study involved 42 essays, 21 essays written by female students and 21 essays written by male students. The results of the study indicted a significant difference between two genders in terms of using interactive metadiscourse markers. But regarding the interactional markers, there was not statistically any significant difference between two groups. In addition, the results indicated that female writers used more interactive markers than interactional markers. Although, male students employed more interactional markers in their writing, female students generally used more markers. Both groups used transition markers and Self- mention heavily. The findings and discussion indicated that metadiscourse markers are not only influenced by gender rather other factors have impact on the use of textual markers.