shocking news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[h1]Women talk three times as much as men, says study[/h1] [span class="artByline"]By FIONA MACRAE[/span] [span class="artDate"]Last updated at 13:39pm on 28th November 2006[/span]
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]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. [/p] Read more...
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[/p]Women also speak more quickly, devote more brainpower to chit-chat - and actually get a buzz out of hearing their own voices, a new book suggests. [/p]The book - written by a female psychiatrist - says that inherent differences between the male and female brain explain why women are naturally more talkative than men. [/p] In The Female Mind, Dr Luan Brizendine says women devote more brain cells to talking than men. [/p]And, if that wasn't enough, the simple act of talking triggers a flood of brain chemicals which give women a rush similar to that felt by heroin addicts when they get a high. [/p]Dr Brizendine, a self-proclaimed feminist, says the differences can be traced back to the womb, where the sex hormone testosterone moulds the developing male brain. [/p] The areas responsible for communication, emotion and memory are all pared back the unborn baby boy. [/p]The result is that boys - and men - chat less than their female counterparts and struggle to express their emotions to the same extent. [/p]"Women have an eight-lane superhighway for processing emotion, while men have a small country road," said Dr Brizendine, who runs a female "mood and hormone" clinic in San Francisco. [/p]There are, however, advantages to being the strong, silent type. Dr Brizendine explains that testosterone also reduces the size of the section of the brain involved in hearing - allowing men to become "deaf" to the most logical of arguments put forward by their wives and girlfriends. [/p] But what the male brain may lack in converstation and emotion, they more than make up with in their ability to think about sex. [/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. [/p]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]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. [/p]Dr Brizendine, whose book is based on her own clinical work and analyses of more than 1,000 scientific studies, added: "There is no unisex brain. [/p]"Girls arrive already wired as girls, and boys arrive already wired as boys. Their brains are different by the time they're born, and their brains are what drive their impulses, values and their very reality. [/p]"I know it is not politically correct to say this but I've been torn for years between my politics and what science is telling us. [/p] "I believe women actually perceive the world differently from men. [/p] "If women attend to those differences they can make better decisions about how to manage their lives." [/p]Other scientists, however, are sceptical about the effects of testosterone on the brain and say many of the differences between the male and female personality can be explained by social conditioning, with a child's upbringing greatly influencing their character. [/p]Deborah Cameron, an Oxford University linguistics professor with a special interest in language and gender, said the amount we talk is influenced by who we are with and what we are doing. [/p]She added: "If you aggregate a large number of studies you will find there is little difference between the amount men and women talk." [/p] Already available in the US, The Female Brain will be available in the UK from April. [/p]
Forgot to add the word NAG in there. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/26.gif)
I dunno I could give give any woman a run for her money when it comes to talking. I talk so much when I'm with friends I go hoarse.
SD, perhaps you should try another venue. LISTEN more? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/23.gif)
I listen as well. I just seem to control the conversation. Most of the stuff I talk about seems to go over my friends heads anyway.
I just like conversations I guess no matter how silly the topic is. lol
Wow, at last a study whose findings I wholeheartedly support!
Confucious say:
The art of conversation goes both ways. One listens, the other talks. When your friends' eyes starts to tear and glaze, it's time to shaddup. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
I've nothing against the voice of a woman as long as she has something interesting to say: but try sitting on a long-distance bus behind two Australian women in full spate.
Note: try with two Aussie women who both have PMS at the same time.
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Lise wrote:
Note: try with two Aussie women who both have PMS at the same time.[/DIV]
ROFL
Hmm, I have met some guys who can keep on talking. For example, my b/f and his best fiend can talk on the phone for hours! OMG! Yes, *snicker*, I'M JELUZ! (LOL!)
Oh, and this guy at work just doesn't know when to SHUDDUP! He'll just invite himself to sit with me during lunch in the lunch room and GOSH, he just won't stop yapping about his life. He has learned not to ever sit with me again because I end up reading the papers instead.
lol!
yeah I can talk on the phone for hours as well. Longest conversation I had with my cousin once was over 2 hrs I think. But there's a lot of long pauses after a while and we end up repeating subjects.
I've been out with a guy who's in love with his own voice. I bet if I put a mirror in front of him, he wouldn't even notice I was there.
lol ouch!
Lise wrote:
I've been out with a guy who's in love with his own voice. I bet if I put a mirror in front of him, he wouldn't even notice I was there.[/DIV]
LOL. Yup, I think that guys talk just as much and they are more and more into themselves.
only the cocky ones are but those are the ones girls are apparently drawn to, even if they know there full of it. At least around here thats the case.
Nope, not all cocky guys talk about themselves. Heck, not many people know when to stop talking about themselves and start listening.
yeah girls just want someone to listen, tell them it will be okay and such.
there, there, everything is gonna be ok.
Yer too sweet, kingy.....lol [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/d038.gif" border=0]
The next problem is, that when women tell men their problems, men think they have to FIX the problem....when in fact, we just want them to act like kingy. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/d042.gif" border=0]
lol the reverse can be true to P.C.
I suppose so Sportsdude. But I think that women who need 'their mate' to fix their problems, could possibly be in a relationship prematurely. You need to be at least capable of independence before that stage.
I'm thinking more about the mundane daily stuff, like telling your spouse about your woes at work, or the jerk on the bus etc. To the woman, she's just venting. As for the guy, he's getting frustrated trying to figure out how to fix these problems that really don't need fixing.
Not sure how clear that came across, but I guess I think that a woman who has to have her partner fix her problems is a little needy. She simply needs someone to listen to the problems without their eyes glazing over. (agreeing never hurts either.....rofl)
I'm all ears here.
I get what you're saying.
I remember once telling hubby about some pretty inappropriate stuff my boss said to me (several years back). His first response was "I'm going up there to talk to him". I was taken aback a little. That wasn't the point of telling him my problem. I simply was telling him why I was mad. I just wanted him to understand or to listen.....not to go do battle for me. It woudn't have accomplished what needed to be accomplished if he HAD. You can be supportive without having to take over, and that's what I think women want.
we're men we like to battle. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Other/21.gif)
LOL, Sportsdude. And I suppose that will come in handy should YOU have a problem. Just remember that it isn't your job to fight for anyone elses problems
Yeah I know thats the thing with me I end up doing that. Backing up friends people I know etc etc.
Its my (//forums/richedit/smileys/Other/12.gif) (//forums/richedit/smileys/Other/21.gif) (//forums/richedit/smileys/Other/2.gif) (//forums/richedit/smileys/Other/13.gif) (//forums/richedit/smileys/Other/22.gif) coming out. I've been labeled a 'protector' by many of people. I guess that because of my size. At 6'8 I can look imposing, when I'm really not.
A lot of my friends how have been picked on in the past don't seem to get messed with when I'm around. There like lets get him (at my friend) then they see me and run the other direction lol. Or go Holy Sh!t you're tall!?
sounds like you guys have read the book, 'men are from mars, women are from venus'. that book basically said that men need to fix things and 'protect' our women and women want someone to listen to them.
I haven't read that kingy, but I DID read, Women Are From Mars, Men Have A Penis. I think they were probably similar. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c025.gif" border=0]
lol lol lol
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heh, have you read this one...
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ROFL !!!! No, but it appears to have merit.
(//forums/richedit/smileys/2.gif) brilliant!
There was a study done once, and the significance of this study was that it was more astounding for it's results than it was for it's content. It was the only study ever done, where the results were the same for all age groups........ from the age of toddlers up to centenarians. 100%
The excercise was to put two chairs into an empty room. Two males were sent into the room to talk. In ALL cases, in ALL age groups, the males placed the chairs side by side and they proceded to talk. Two females were sent into the room, and in ALL cases, in ALL age groups, the females placed the chairs opposite each other.....and they proceded to talk. (I'm not sure what my point is, but I think it clearly demonstrates that we are genetically disposed to converse in totally different ways.) Opposite ways almost.
hmmm opposite from each other is something I'm more comfortable with
Opposite is this way right
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across from each other right?
I like to look at the person when I talk.
Are you talking about talking with a female....or another male.
.....and remember, you're not alone in this. Would another male feel comfy with you sitting knees to knees ? Or might HE move his chair.
both
speaking of that whenever I go out to a restaurant I always see a couple sit next to each other while eating instead on opposite sides of the table. Whats up with that?
The woman is really a man ????? rofl
hmm? I don't know what you're saying there. lol
no okay I go to applebees and theres a couple they sit next to each other now at the table instead of across from each other. When did people start doing this?
My guess would be that they are in a new relationship.....when being close and touching is a priority over conversation. Or maybe they're avoiding having to make eye contact ????
Hmm I dunno but to me this is a new phenomon because I never have seen something like this until a couple months ago and now thats all I see.
I couldn't do that I mean what are you going to do cuddle at a restuarant? lol
I like eye contact. Plus if they wanted touching there's always legs under the table thing.
If you can't make eye contact with someone then lol that relationship isn't going to last. You've got to get comfortable. Sitting next to each other seems like forcing something to me.
Well, I don't think it's new....seen it for years. Maybe the woman knows she has put herself in a position to communicate on a level that is more comfortable (according to the study) for the man.
I always hear that women have the best conversations with their hubby's when they are travelling in a car. Aside from the fact that they have a captive audience, they are also in the 'male x male' position.
Oh Jeebus.....my eyelids just quit.
G'night Sportsdude.....nice chatting with you.
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hmm that could be. Makes sense. I tend to talk more in the 'male x male' situation. Although when I'm comfortable with people I'm just as goofy/talkitive in the across from each other situation.
I wondered when you'd say you were going to sleep lol. good night PC I'm off as well. Gosh its too hot my room is like a sauna.
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