Women talk three times as much as men

[audiophile]

<p>I’m shocked, shocked to see this study: <a href=“Women talk three times as much as men, says study | Daily Mail Online”>Women talk three times as much as men, says study | Daily Mail Online;

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It is something one half of the population has long suspected - and the other half always vocally denied. Women really do talk more than men.</p>

<p>In fact, women talk almost three times as much as men, with the average woman chalking up 20,000 words in a day - 13,000 more than the average man.

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<p>No surprises here either:</p>

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But what the male brain may lack in conversation and emotion, they more than make up with in their ability to think about sex.</p>

<p>Dr Brizendine says the brain’s “sex processor” - the areas responsible for sexual thoughts - is twice as big as in men than in women, perhaps explaining why men are stereotyped as having sex on the mind.
Or, to put it another way, men have an international airport for dealing with thoughts about sex, “where women have an airfield nearby that lands small and private planes”.</p>

<p>Studies have shown that while a man will think about sex every 52 seconds, the subject tends to cross women’s minds just once a day, the University of California psychiatrist says.

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[Allmusic]

<p>I think I talk ten times more than my husband or my son. Three times is an underestimation, I am sure.:)</p>

[m_amp_sdad]

<p>Sorry, I lost track of the theme of this thread.</p>

<p>I was thinking about sex again.</p>

<p>Oh, and thinking about it one more time…</p>

[razorsharp]

<p>What about emails? Do women write emails three times longer than emails written by men?</p>

[itstoomuch]

<p>In a conversation, Female & Male is a 3:1 ratio. And -Allmusic- is talking 10x the normal of a female; So when is she listening? Itstoomuch!!</p>

[GIMEurSTRESballZ]

<p>I love how your name is audiophile and you are reporting this.</p>

[roshke]

<p>Yes</p>

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[parent2noles]

<p>So this is news?</p>

<p>I rapidly confirmed this in a family of one wife and two daughters. What’s next - that ice freezes at 32 degrees F? :rolleyes:</p>

<p>What were you saying? I was thinking about sex. My word buffer is full for today.</p>

[Dadguy]

<p>I find I can even things out by talking a lot while my wife is asleep. :)</p>

[EmanuelGoldstein]

<p>Ahmed, reporting from Baghdad, on the findings of the latest academic research: <a href=“http://youtube.com/watch?v=eS6AM98ZSUU[/url]”>http://youtube.com/watch?v=eS6AM98ZSUU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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What’s next - that ice freezes at 32 degrees F?

I don’t think this is quite the reaction you’d get at the height of feminism, or even a decade ago, eg, innate differences that aren’t socially constructed.</p>

[NJres]

<p>-Allmusic- posted my thoughts, exactly! :)</p>

[Alexandre]

<p>I just shared this fact with my wife and she thinks it is only natural since women’s vocabularies are three times larger than men’s. I can’t win!</p>

[parent2noles]

<p>At the risk of being chewed out by the women of the CC, it’s not the volume of words, it’s the quality of those selected and employed.</p>

<p>Women have yet to figure this out… :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Yet, (oops, sex thought crept in there :eek:) women are still wonderful, despite their limitations. ;)</p>

[icesk8mom]

<p>…this correlates with data from an earlier study that showed that men listen to about 1/3 of any given conversation…and now we have documentation of their preoccupation!!!</p>

[weenie]

<p>Only three times???!!!</p>

[Irishmomof2]

<p>Not true in our house! We only have one man in the house, but when he gets started…! And usually it’s about something like Quantum Mechanics or astronomy. Currently, his subject is Dante’s Inferno. I’m definitely the quiet one in the house.</p>

[roshke]

<p>But do they type faster too? Here on CC, that is the relevant question! ;)</p>

[SBmom]

<p>I think about sex much more than 1x per day. Do you think I should have my testosterone levels checked?</p>

[parent2noles]

<p>^ Ooowee. ;)</p>