Study finds that men are just as chatty as womenscience, chat, health and lifestyle — by TDavid @ 8:40 pm PST
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A study finds that men are almost as talkative as women. 
This doesn’t surprise me as I never believed the stereotype. Did you?
The researchers placed microphones on 396 college students for periods ranging from two to 10 days, sampled their conversations and calculated how many words they used in the course of a day. The score: Women, 16,215. Men, 15,669.
What would be interesting is to be able to map the context of conversations with men versus women. Would women talk more about relationships than men? Would men talk more about sports than women? Would men be more geek prone than women? All the blog related conferences I’ve attended have been predominantly male, so who’s talking about gadgets and devices more in daily, regular conversation? Who would talk about sex more?
I’m not curious about these because of redefining or defining sterotypes but I’d love to see more studies that shatter them. Guess we’ll need to keep waiting for the context study.
Depending on the subject I could be just as chatty as a woman. I think men can be, but the difference I’ve noticed is that men usually come to the point quicker and more directly. The word count in this study looks to be close, but I’d almost be willing to bet some $ that the men covered more ground and came up with more solutions. In my experience women generally like to express more about how they feel about the situation. Where generally men feel they have to come up with a “fix it” solution to what the women are expressing.
I’m still learning, but I often feel like coming up with a quick solution - to what seems like a plea for a solution to a story my wife may tell. Where she really just wants to express her view of the story. At first it was hard, but I have learned to take a few moments after what she says, and just repeat her feelings back to her rather than having a fix. Lord knows I have very few answers to life’s questions anyways! This often results in a great peaceful and more of a ‘oneness’ time together following the conversation. For me, I just need to listen.
Other commenter’s: Please notice the italics and quotes around my words. I’m not bashing one sex or the other. It’s just been the perception of my experiences.
Comment by Lestat — July 6, 2007 @ 6:54 am PST
Men are no less chatty than women. It’s just a perception conceived as the female vocal tends to be slightly higher hence seemed to go on and on while the men has a deeper vocal that sometimes dipped so low it seemed they paused. But from experience, I think some men just can’t shut it.
Comment by Acne — June 11, 2008 @ 10:12 pm PST