Who talks more?

[AnthonyByakko]

According to this, women do - more than twice as much.

So - do you agree? If you're a chick, do you think of yourself as more talkative than the guys you know? If you're a guy, well you probably aren't interested anyways.

[mr_thebrain]

my fiancee has no concept of enjoying a quiet moment.
i think she views the quiet as awkward or intimidating or scary or something.


seriously she won't shut up.

[Bevis]

I was the first vote for d00ds. It's true, typically I yammer on tons more than my wife when we're having a conversation. Then I remembered her when she's around other women. On the whole, I voted inaccurately.

[mr_thebrain]

way to go.

[Eaquae Legit]

Neither. The reports are largely crap. There's very little science behind this myth.

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[Virlomi]

I think it's impossible to generalize. As for me? I'm incredibly talkative in certain situations, and although y'all might not believe me, incredibly shy in others. I have a feeling that's how most people would see themselves. On a whole I would consider myself very outgoing, will happily walk up to someone new and introduce myself, and the more nervous I get the more I ramble. But I have guy friends who could say the exact same statement. I think it has a lot more to do with personality type than gender.

[ValentineNicole]

I'm very talkative and outgoing; however, I agree with Jani. There are some situations where I just sit there mostly quietly.
It's hard to really say who actually talks more, but I think if I had to generalize, I would agree and say women.

[Jebus]

From my own experience I'd definitely have to say girls. The speed at which girls talk when they get together is unbelievable.

[ValentineNicole]

I do that - the unbelievably fast talking whenever I'm really excited.

[Young Val]

i pretty much never shut up. ever. you can ask Janelle. she's had to listen to me.

the only time i see to be at a loss for words is when i'm in the middle of an emotional conversation with the person who is the source of the emotion.

example: i can talk about henry til doomsday (clearly) but put me in a room with him and suddenly i'm mute.

[jotabe]

Even though i am a real chatterbox... i have to say that in general terms, girls tend to speak a lot more than guys.

[fawkes]

If you really get me going, I won't shut up.

[Gravity Defier]

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[eriador]

Even though i am a real chatterbox... i have to say that in general terms, girls tend to speak a lot more than guys.

ditto

[zeroguy]

All girls I know seem to talk more than I do.... but then again, so do most guys I know, too.

Hmm, now that I think of it, there's really only one person I know that seems to be quiet more than me. And when I realized that, I had a newfound respect for him.

[Paul]

Im not sure that girls talk that much more than guys in person. There are def some girls that will not shut up, ever. But then again, same goes for some guys that i know....

Cell phones on the other hand, girls talk so much more. Heres a typical converstation betwen guys:

"where you at?" "im in town" "Ok, see you in a couple"
And thats the whole conversation. Total time, 30 seconds...

It seems like to me though, girls are much more willing to chatter on the phone. 3-1 odds say that if im on the phone for more than 10 minutes, that there is a female on the other end.

[Jayelle]

In general, I voted for chicks.
But in my relationship, Paul talks way more then I do. Way more.

[Eaquae Legit]

I'd just like to reiterate that anyone who buys this book is buying crap science and wasting their money. It's a big load of s***. The studies it "cites" have nothing to do with what the book proposes. Empirically, men and women talk... pretty much the same amount, on average.

My own guess is its the cultural stereotype we've been fed for ages that makes us "see" it's true. It's the classical "confirmation bias" fallacy, and when someone tells us it's TRUE! REALLY! LOOK, SCIENCE! we buy it.

Too bad it's entirely made up.

[mr_thebrain]

while i agree that the book is bulljive, i do agree that women talk a whole lot more. just from my own experience.

personally i'm a man of few words — at least in person — i tend to only say things when i have something to say. i make my opinions known and let them speak for themselves.

this does change a bit when i'm at band practice. but only a bit. we joke around a whole lot more. and then there's singing... but that's another story.

[VelvetElvis]

I'm of the opinion that males talk way too much.

I prefer the strong, silent type, I guess.

[neo-dragon]

I've heard reports on these findings about women talking more 3 times on the news tonight! You'd think they cured cancer or something.

I prefer the strong, silent type, I guess.

That's so me in a nutshell.

[mr_thebrain]

lol don't tell me you were watching FOX news...

[Seiryu]

I can't really say. As a substitute teacher, I see both males and females talking quite a bit.

From a personal perspective, I only talk when I have something to say and sometimes not even then. I despise small talk.

[Young Val]

Do you love me? You didn't say once in your horrible letter. I hate you when your being hopelessly super-male and retiscent (sp?). Not really hate you but am constitutionally against strong, silent men. Not that you aren't strong but you know what I mean. It's getting so noisy in here I can hardly hear myself think.

-Franny and Zooey, J. D. Salinger



i have a literary quote for every single occasion.

[neo-dragon]

lol don't tell me you were watching FOX news...

Global news, actually. It's Canadian.

I can't really say. As a substitute teacher, I see both males and females talking quite a bit.

From a personal perspective, I only talk when I have something to say and sometimes not even then. I despise small talk.

I didn't know we had yet another teacher on Pweb.

[VelvetElvis]

i have a literary quote for every single occasion.

That is as it should be. Thinking on it more, I really hate it when guys are gossipy face to face.

[Seiryu]

I can't really say. As a substitute teacher, I see both males and females talking quite a bit.

From a personal perspective, I only talk when I have something to say and sometimes not even then. I despise small talk.

I didn't know we had yet another teacher on Pweb.

I don't really consider myself an actual teacher.

[Gravity Defier]

I didn't know we had yet another teacher on Pweb.

I don't really consider myself an actual teacher.

Lately, neither do I.

[neo-dragon]

lol.
That makes three of us since I'm actually only a pre-service teacher/teacher candidate/student teacher, or whatever you want to call it. At least you guys are getting paid!

[zeroguy]

In general, I voted for chicks.
But in my relationship, Paul talks way more then I do. Way more.

But in our (as in, all of Pweb) relationship with you two, you do a lot more talking. And clearly, that's all that matters to us.

[Jayelle]

Yeah, you would be weirded out in person.

[Seiryu]

lol.
That makes three of us since I'm actually only a pre-service teacher/teacher candidate/student teacher, or whatever you want to call it. At least you guys are getting paid!

But see...I'm not that close to receiving a teaching degree. I'm just a college student with a job as a sub.

[Locke_]

I always figured women talk more. And still do figure it that way. Guys may gossip, for example, but girls are known to gossip.

Some study I heard of in a relationship book said a big difference between men and women is this: husband and wife go to a relationship seminar to help their marriage. They hear tips on how to improve individually and with one another. Afterward, the women wanna talk about it right away and ask questions to their husband who'd rather not talk about it at the moment. Women take in the stuff and wanna talk. Men take it in but need time to digest and process it before they wanna talk about it. And men may even tend to act on the advice they heard without ever bringing it up in conversation. Booyakasha.

[Fris]

...and although y'all might not believe me, incredibly shy in others.

*snort*

Aw, crap. That's the last time I drink milk while checking Pweb...

[jotabe]

E_L, probably it's because of the social stereotype. But not that it makes us see it true... it makes it true.
The social stereotype actually makes me feel a bit ashamed of speaking so much.