Men 'no less chatty than women'

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The common notion that women are the more talkative sex has been dispelled by scientists in the US.
Researchers who bugged 400 students to log their chats found little difference in word count between the sexes.

The University of Arizona study, in Science, conflicts with previous US research suggesting women talk almost three times as much as men.

Whether someone was an introvert or an extrovert was more important, said relationship experts.

In the study, women spoke a daily average of 16,215 words during their waking hours, and men 15,669 words.

The researchers say this difference is not significant.

Lead researcher Matthias Mehl said: "What's a 500-word difference, compared to the 45,000-word difference between the most and the least talkative persons?"

The most talkative man in the study used 47,000 words while the least used a little more than 500 over a few days.

The researchers admit that their findings may not apply to all men as they only studied university students.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6269204.stm

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Brother — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 - 22:01

Based on me and my family's experiences (I have quite a quiet, boring family).

Girls seem much more chattier to boys.

However I do know overly chatty boys but we know many more over-chatty girls.

At the end of the day, who cares.

Boys and girls are different and being talkative is not that much of a weakness.

Brother — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 - 22:04

Mr. Ed has a very interesting personality....

I have actually met him once.

His older brother is very intellectual and has much Islamic knowledge.

Naz — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 - 22:07

No i would say girls defo chat more than guys. They've got this habit of just going on and on about themselves (me not being one of them).

MuslimSisLilSis — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 - 22:08

[quote="Naz"]No i would say girls defo chat more than guys. They've got this habit of just going on and on about themselves (me not being one of them).[/quote]

u shud hear Mr Ed on the radio

Naz — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 - 22:19

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"] u shud hear Mr Ed on the radio[/quote]

[quote="Noor"] lol. he dunt give any1 else a chance to speak! [/quote]

thats just 1 out of the hundreds and thousands

MuslimSisLilSis — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 - 23:43

[quote="Naz"][quote="MuslimSisLilSis"] u shud hear Mr Ed on the radio[/quote]

[quote="Noor"] lol. he dunt give any1 else a chance to speak! [/quote]

thats just 1 out of the hundreds and thousands[/quote]

do u know hundreds and thousand men?

Ya'qub — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 - 23:44

this is a study of student in america, the reason boys chat the same as girls is because guys in general are becoming more feminine over there!

[size=9](i just posted this to please Malik and annoy Dave, i'm not sure why!)[/size]

Naz — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 - 09:39

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"][quote="Naz"][quote="MuslimSisLilSis"] u shud hear Mr Ed on the radio[/quote]

[quote="Noor"] lol. he dunt give any1 else a chance to speak! [/quote]

thats just 1 out of the hundreds and thousands[/quote]

do u know hundreds and thousand men?[/quote]

erm close enough lol.
I aint one to believe surveys esp American surveys. The ppl in America are on a different wave length to us Brits. In America you have to be gobby otherwise your going to struggle to find work, make friends etc.

Dave — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 - 21:44

[quote="Naz"]erm close enough lol.
I aint one to believe surveys esp American surveys. The ppl in America are on a different wave length to us Brits. In America you have to be gobby otherwise your going to struggle to find work, make friends etc.[/quote]

No, no you have it all wrong. You do not have to be "gobby" - you have to be conversationally adept. I mean seriously, who likes having some yob come up and stare at them waiting to say... nothing... that's just awkward.

You also need to brush your teeth, and [i]floss[/i].

Other than that we're pretty easy going.

MuslimSister — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 - 22:57

Speaking of stereotypes, I was on a mission the sexist misconceptions of a class of Year 6 boys...

I did so by proving that I, a ‘mere girl’ was a better runner than them, better at archery, rock climbing and climbing ropes.

And that just cos they were boys…it didn’t mean that they couldn’t sweep the floor, do the washing up, and pick up clutter at the end of the day.

But at the same time. When I was carrying/pushing anything heavy. I did make the boys do the heavy lifting for me :oops: …...but it gave them a chance to flex their muscles.

Dave — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 - 23:01

[quote="MuslimSister"]Speaking of stereotypes, I was on a mission the sexist misconceptions of a class of Year 6 boys...

I did so by proving that I, a ‘mere girl’ was a better runner than them, better at archery, rock climbing and climbing ropes.

And that just cos they were boys…it didn’t mean that they couldn’t sweep the floor, do the washing up, and pick up clutter at the end of the day.

But at the same time. When I was carrying/pushing anything heavy. I did make the boys do the heavy lifting for me :oops: …...but it gave them a chance to flex their muscles.[/quote]

Oh come on they're in sixth grade that hardly counts!

MuslimSister — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 - 23:07

It makes a difference.

You know, the personalities that are formed at age 11 are the ones that usually stick around for life.

Plus...kids develop mentally and physically a lot earlier these days.