Stereotypes of Quiet Men, Chatty Women Not Sound Science »
Posted By Oleh 1 year, 3 months ago in StyleAcross time and culture, the female predilection for chattiness and the male penchant for taciturnity have approached the status of unarguable facts. Now, two studies appear to bury these age-old stereotypes. One recorded nearly 400 college students for days and found that members of each sex uttered virtually the same number of words.
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engineer1 year, 3 months ago
I heard about the experiment where there was an indistinguishable difference between men and women. Good post!
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Truzseeker1 year, 3 months ago
I find myself to be a pretty quiet guy amongst chatty women. (lol) recalling a situation where I was having a brew and a good cigar reading the local rag, and then the flock of chatty women arrived talking about this, that and some other guy, etc. Then I noticed everything went quiet, I looked up, and I was being stared at like "what's he doing here"? Gads. I was asked by one of the women on the flock if I was the one being disturbed by their chatter, to which I calmly replied "no", and they went back to chatting, and I went back to my brew, cigar and paper.
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BronxBomber1 year, 3 months ago
Hey zetra13,btw, is 13 you're I.Q.? Aren't you kinda tired of coming into Netscape with so many aliases, and spamming us with you're garbage? Go find real job!
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toph19731 year, 3 months ago
This is not sound science. Every woman I have ever come across talks way more than any man. Not that this is a bad thing. Women absolutely talk more than men.
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BronxBomber1 year, 3 months ago
What we should do is gather about 6 female members and 6 male members, throw them in the netscape chatroom for an hour or so and see if this theory brings out any desired results.
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texangelwings1 year, 3 months ago
The subject matter and/or location, probably has a direct impact upon which chatter is driven by both male and female!
I have a great passion for life, I like people and am a positive person, so I enjoy other people conversations and joining into conversations! The sound of silence, can be very deafing at times, also it can be a relief!
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ballbuster21 year, 3 months ago
i have done my own research on this subject over the past 45 year's and found that the majority of woman talk continuously, for hour's most of the time and they say little to nothing of importance. men on the other hand have to fight to get a word in edge wise and we know what that means later, cause there is nothing worse than interrupting a woman when she is talking about her make up, nail polish, HAIR and most everything else. sorry ladies but my research has been extensive and thorough.
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IncaQueen1 year, 3 months ago
You can tell the difference between most men and women in Sears. The man goes right to what he wanted to buy, buys it and leaves the store. Most women like to shop around while they are there. It absolutely ticks men off if you move stuff around, and their protest is, "it was right here last week. Where did you move it?" If he's lucky he gets a good clerk who knows where it went; otherwise, both are not going to have a good day.
Am I right?
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Truzseeker1 year, 3 months ago
Oleh, sure that this story shouldn't go under "Do No Evil" ? (LMAO)
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runningspirit1 year, 3 months ago
I agree with ballbuster. I am 27 and have been married for 2 years. There have been days where the wife and I have had nothing to do, just in the house. I can go through the whole day without saying more 50 words. The wife, if she is not talking to me she is trying to find someone else to talk to with her cell phone. I feel really bad for the old-timers like my old man and grandpa. I mean what the hell did they do before women got cell phones and tvs to talk to them.
It is just a fact. Guys don't need verbal communication to connect. If I see a guy I know walking down the street, I'll throw my head up or wave my hand and that will be that. But if two women meet, it's this whole high-pitched ordeal they gotta talk about what they are doing, how is life, and all that nonsense.
Now I am married, and I feel pressured to talk to keep it healthy. When I was a kid, I didn't understand why folks got divorced. Now, I do. Women and Men are different more than just part wise.
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mulembo1 year, 3 months ago
there's no way that i buy this new finding, period! It dosn't make any sense. From my 30 years of life experience dealing, working, and living with women, there's nothing in this world can dispute my belief that women talk way way way more than men do. It's their nature. Talking constantly, incessantly, and, indistinguishingly on the cell phone, to people (let them be strangers or aquaintances), to animals, to inanimate objects. It's is in their blood. On an average good day I barely say more than 5 words to myself, 10 to my cats, and 10 to my friends. On a bad day, I keep my mouth shut.
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History1 year, 3 months ago
Many of the posters here claim to prove that women talk more than men... then go on to use examples from their own marriages to back it up. Guys, you just don't like talking to your wives! While she's yammering on, you're going, "uh huh," and "hmmm." But put you in a room with other guys, and the topic is football, oh my gosh, you don't shut up!
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IncaQueen1 year, 3 months ago
Yeah, but the only thing they say is "hooo-raaah" "atta boy" or "ya moron, you dropped it. I cannot believe you did that you ~~~~~" and the only thing the players know when asked is, "ah we really have a good ball club". At least sports keeps them out of jail.
You could put one of those games on a tape on your VCR, and play it next year. Most women would never know the difference and it would be after the 2nd quarter before the guys notice, and only because of the old beer commerical?
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nu20071 year, 3 months ago
"The next question is: Why has this myth about women's talkativeness persisted so tenaciously? Why has it been passed down through the ages with such glee?" she said yesterday.
The same way religion got passed down through ages...
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humemacdonald1 year, 3 months ago
Boogienights, like I said to ballbuster you must have poor taste in women if this is the type of stuff the women you know talk about. None of my female friends would fall into this category.
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ntuitive11 year, 3 months ago
I think how much a person talks relative to anyone else depends more on their personality type than their gender. As more women are feeling types than men in the U.S. population they will be more emotionally expressive and into chatting with friends and relatives, and that probably makes them seem more talkative in general when viewed on a casual basis. Meanwhile, men can be more talkative about work and other non-personal stuff, such as recalling the details of events. That said, my boyfriend is a huge extrovert and I'm an introvert. He definitely talks more than I do, but he is curiously silent about his feelings about people and situations. I usually have to dig his feelings out of him or infer them from his behavior. Go figure. And he's a feeling type, too. This is definitely gender related.
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HannibalBarca1 year, 3 months ago
There was a Canadian study done about 10 years ago in which it determined that women talked on the average about 15% more than men, they obviously didn't survey my wife. Once we got a phone call, a wrong number and my wife hung up 2 hours later, no sh it! Another time a Sears sales lady phoned and 45 min later she hung up. Our parrot squawks all day long, "Kasey,eat your porridge" My wifes breakfast's battle cry with my 5 year old daughter at the time. I think the survey would double at least.
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