Woman talk 40% more than men?? is it true

Dublin8

I work in a company where we deal with customer on phone
and i generally observe the customers.
their personalities
their behaviours
And mostly i have observed

woman talk 40% more then men

Women moan more tha men 40%

30 % women get angry more quickly then men

"An anger is an acid which causes much harm to the vessel in which it is stored rather than someone on which it is poured "

any sugessions!!! or is it only me

Happy to b single !!! lol

Trojan

Sounds unlikely. I'd say closer to 140% more.

Beruthiel

shut it Tro
at least we can express ourselves

danniemcq

Trojan wrote:

Sounds unlikely. I'd say closer to 140% more.

if not more...

tabatha

do u really have to ask

Talliesin

Most surveys have shown that men talk considerably more than women, especially in mixed company.

tabatha

Talliesin wrote:

Most surveys have shown that men talk considerably more than women, especially in mixed company.

well ive never come across this!

Third_Echelon

Yes its true...

I recently moved desk in my office and its next to one of the coffee/tea station areas... THEY NEVER SHUT UP! My god i'm surprised that they find time to breathe while talking...

Its pretty funny though, the gossip is hilarious....

Eve e

Guiness World records for Women proof,scroll down to Talking about Nothing http://board.dogbomb.co.uk/printthread.php?t=27843

Adam

Talliesin wrote:

Most surveys have shown that men talk considerably more than women, especially in mixed company.

I find this to be true. For example, I spent yesterday afternoon in Stephens Green with some friends, three guys and two girls, and the ladies were very quiet most of the time while us lads ranted on about whatever came to mind!

Dublin8 wrote:

woman talk 40% more then men

However I believe this is also true, because after a couple of hours everybody bar one girl left and myself and her spent the next 5 hours talking! which was great, really interesting conversations, but she certainly talked more than I did, and not because I had nothing to say, simply because woman have a strange ability to just keep talking, tieing (sp?) everything in together with stories for everything etc. etc.

In short, I believe both to be true.

Talliesin

tabatha wrote:

well ive never come across this!

What research on the topic have you read?

ferdi

when with people lads like to shiet on and on but in general girls talk far more, anyone to deny this is a damn fool

Shrimp

I was looking at these new digital cameras which have such a fast shutter speed, they are actually able to capture a womans mouth closed...

ferdi

Shrimp wrote:

I was looking at these new digital cameras which have such a fast shutter speed, they are actually able to capture a womans mouth closed...

impossible :eek:

Shrimp

So I thought, until..

http://www.ascendingwings.com/images/gen-woman-face-closeup.jpg

MooShop

yeah i'd say it's true, have you ever heard women talking to each other on the phone???? do they ever shut up

Talliesin

ferdi wrote:

when with people lads like to shiet on and on but in general girls talk far more, anyone to deny this is a damn fool

Or a numerate person with a tape recorder and a stop watch. (Zimmerman & West 1975, West & Fenstermaker 1993, Coates 1993, Cingular Wireless 2004).

Surveys have also found that most men and many women listening to the recordings perceived the women recorded as talking for longer than the men, until they'd actually measured the length of time each talked for and how many words they'd said.

Sleipnir

It doesn't really matter how more woman talk more than men.

So long as men continue to listen at 0%, we'll be fine.

Trojan

Talliesin: what was the offered explanation for the misperception?

Dublin8

ROFL lol man reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i thought all the companies failed in doing so this must b kewl camers ROFL

Shrimp wrote:

I was looking at these new digital cameras which have such a fast shutter speed, they are actually able to capture a womans mouth closed...

tabatha

Talliesin wrote:

What research on the topic have you read?

who said anything about reading research? i'm going on personal experience and being a woman. in my experience women do talk more than men.

tabatha

Talliesin wrote:

Most surveys have shown that men talk considerably more than women, especially in mixed company.

i would be interested in knowing more about this supposed "survey" as i find it very hard to believe!

Talliesin

tabatha wrote:

who said anything about reading research?

I did, and then you replied to my post.

Samba

I put their gossiping down to the variety of "womens magazines" which quite a few read.

I recently picked one of these up in the office, my dear god....they are warping their minds in so many respects.

To read these magazines and take anything to heart would be like taking a politicians reply to a question seriously, yes the project will be complete by xxxx......

Talliesin

tabatha wrote:

i would be interested in knowing more about this supposed "survey" as i find it very hard to believe!

I've already cited papers. Man-Made Language examines some of this research in a more readable form, but goes into several other matters as well.

Talliesin

Trojan wrote:

Talliesin: what was the offered explanation for the misperception?

Short answer is that the less you listen to what someone is being said the more it seems like they talk a lot.
Longer answer a few different explanations, with pretty much the entirety of Feminist-linguistic theory being covered, which isn't a field I know enough about to go into that much.

silvo

From
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/gender2.html



Who Talks More, Men or Women?
A common cultural stereotype describes women as being talkative, always speaking and expressing their feelings. Well, this is probably true, however, do women do it more than men? No! In fact an experiment designed to measure the amount of speech produced suggested that men are more prone to use up more talking time than women. An experiment b y Marjorie Swacker entailed using three pictures by a fifteenth century Flemish artist, Albrecht Durer which were presented to men and women separately. They were told to take as much time as they wanted to describe the pictures. The average time for males: 13.0 minutes, and the average time for women 3.17 minutes.

Why is this?
Sociolinguists try to make the connection between our society and our language in a way that suggests that women talk less because it has not always been as culturally acceptable as it has been for men. Men have tended to take on a more dominant role not only in the household, but in the business world. This ever-changing concept is becoming le ss applicable in our society, however, the trend is still prominent in some societies across the world. It is more acceptable for a man to be talkative, carry on long conversation, or a give a long wordy speech, however it is less acceptable for a women to do so. It has been more of a historical trend for men have more rights to talk. However , it is common for men to be more silent in situations that require them to express emotion. Since childhood, they have been told to "keep their cool" and "remain calm, be a man."

Dublin8

:eek: after this lecture i believe ur a woman :eek:

silvo wrote:

From
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/gender2.html



Who Talks More, Men or Women?
A common cultural stereotype describes women as being talkative, always speaking and expressing their feelings. Well, this is probably true, however, do women do it more than men? No! In fact an experiment designed to measure the amount of speech produced suggested that men are more prone to use up more talking time than women. An experiment b y Marjorie Swacker entailed using three pictures by a fifteenth century Flemish artist, Albrecht Durer which were presented to men and women separately. They were told to take as much time as they wanted to describe the pictures. The average time for males: 13.0 minutes, and the average time for women 3.17 minutes.

Why is this?
Sociolinguists try to make the connection between our society and our language in a way that suggests that women talk less because it has not always been as culturally acceptable as it has been for men. Men have tended to take on a more dominant role not only in the household, but in the business world. This ever-changing concept is becoming le ss applicable in our society, however, the trend is still prominent in some societies across the world. It is more acceptable for a man to be talkative, carry on long conversation, or a give a long wordy speech, however it is less acceptable for a women to do so. It has been more of a historical trend for men have more rights to talk. However , it is common for men to be more silent in situations that require them to express emotion. Since childhood, they have been told to "keep their cool" and "remain calm, be a man."

Tar.Aldarion

female friends talk more than male tbh....but it depends,some guys talk more.
female friends are always the ones to start conversations like 'what has changed about me since we've met' and then 'reall how so'
=then i have to tread real carefully and never say you used to flirt with everything including the kettle to some1 in a mood
guys are more like that was a good show no more conversation :P

pickarooney

silvo wrote:

From
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/gender2.html
An experiment b y Marjorie Swacker entailed using three pictures by a fifteenth century Flemish artist, Albrecht Durer which were presented to men and women separately. They were told to take as much time as they wanted to describe the pictures. The average time for males: 13.0 minutes, and the average time for women 3.17 minutes.

Any 'experiment' with such an enormous difference has to have been carried out on no more than 3 people of each gender.

Dinner

In my experience women talk far more than men. A girl rings me they tell me what they want to say, I grunt or make some sort of noise and they keep talking. If I'm in a group the women are more likely to ramble on about nothing.

katiegordon

I think it depends more on your personality than your gender.
I know some extremely chatty girls but also some very quiet ones and vice versa

simu

pickarooney wrote:

Any 'experiment' with such an enormous difference has to have been carried out on no more than 3 people of each gender.

I've seen this idea mentioned in lots of books on sociolinguistics and more thorough investigations have led to similar conclusions. But this is a thread on AH not Humanities so interested people can go google it themselves!

Victor

An experiment b y Marjorie Swacker entailed using three pictures by a fifteenth century Flemish artist, Albrecht Durer which were presented to men and women separately. They were told to take as much time as they wanted to describe the pictures. The average time for males: 13.0 minutes, and the average time for women 3.17 minutes.

Is that really an objective test, all it indicates is how much people can talk about fifteenth century Flemish art. Now change the subject to tampons -v- pads ....

Talliesin

Victor wrote:

Is that really an objective test, all it indicates is how much people can talk about fifteenth century Flemish art.

Part of the point was that none of the people involved knew anything about fifteenth century Flemish art.

Trojan

I dunno Taliesin, it find it unlikely.

Kingp35

Trojan wrote:

I dunno Taliesin, it find it unlikely.

lets forget the 15th centruy art i gather the reason the guy waffled on is because the person listening to him was a hot chick and he wanted to impress her. Basically guys are show offs so those tests are tainted!

What we want to look at is people talking to people girls talk to each other alot more whereas guys dont talk that much. How many guys do you know would ring up there mates for a chat? Answer: NONE

Also look at these women who sit down drinking tea talking rubbish all day or auld ones who just sit there talking all day. Guys dont do that. Women talk more by far.

simu

Kingp35 wrote:

lets forget the 15th centruy art i gather the reason the guy waffled on is because the person listening to him was a hot chick and he wanted to impress her. Basically guys are show offs so those tests are tainted!

Exactly - they talk more to show off!

What we want to look at is people talking to people girls talk to each other alot more whereas guys dont talk that much. How many guys do you know would ring up there mates for a chat? Answer: NONE

All my brothers do. But maybe they're just freaks:).

Also look at these women who sit down drinking tea talking rubbish all day or auld ones who just sit there talking all day. Guys dont do that. Women talk more by far.

Ah'm lookin' but ah ain't seein'! There's a lot of old men who hang out on buses and places that do that sort of old-person's yattering too, if that's what you're referring to.

Altheus

You counting all the wasted hours spent trying to chat up women on the men's side?

simu

Altheus wrote:

You counting all the wasted hours spent trying to chat up women on the men's side?

I wasn't but that would put men ahead through the roof!