Comments | xeriah: men vs. woman: talkativeness

xeriah

men vs. woman: talkativeness

Mar 08, 2007 13:39

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alicetheowl March 8 2007, 19:30:37 UTC

That's really interesting. I should send my husband the link.

xeriah March 9 2007, 17:19:30 UTC

There are other interesting studies like this and I wish I could tell you where. We studied this in some of my linguistics courses, probably contrastive analysis b/c the myth that women talk so much more than men still carries a lot of weight.

alicetheowl March 9 2007, 17:21:09 UTC

Yeah, I know. I hear it all the time. Then I get to talking to my (male) boss, and wonder what the hell they're talking about.

jexia6 March 9 2007, 19:44:30 UTC

I think the motive behind talk is interesting. You'd think communication, but just what is it that is communicated? Ideas, feelings? Loneliness, boredom, the need to self-assert, the need to blend in. Truth and lies.

xeriah March 9 2007, 21:43:42 UTC

I would say something like "Women talk to develop intimacy and men talk to exert control" but last night Meshaal called me on my tendency to overgeneralize about men. So, I won't say all that.

But it was definitely my head's first reaction. :/

vivycakes March 9 2007, 22:50:20 UTC

Haha, I hate talking. My husband thinks out loud a lot which drives me NUTS.

vivycakes March 9 2007, 22:52:59 UTC

And when we get into disagreements I like to cool off for a short time so I could think of a solution, which drives HIM nuts because he HAS to talk everything out and he doesn't understand my need for quiet time. He thinks I just want to deliberately ignore him, but it's not true, it has nothing to do with him and all to do with my need to think before I open my mouth.