The belief about female garrulity and man’s briefness has been blown sky-high
The public opinion says that women speak much more than men. The group of scientists headed by Matthias R. Mehl (University of Arizona, the USA) has decided to check this fact.
For about 6 years researchers recorded everyday conversations of 400 Mexican and American students both sexes. During the research young men and girls carried special digital dictaphones which recorded all conversations.
Here are results of the research: women said on the average 16215 words during a day, men - 15669 words. Thus, the difference is, but it is not so significant, as many assume.
Author of the work pays attention that the amount of the words in greater degree depends on the character of the person, rather than on the sex. «What does mean difference in 500 words, in comparison with a difference in 45000 words, between the most talkative and most reticent people participating in the research? One of them said 47000 words during a day, another one - only 500», - tells Matthias R. Mehl.
«The belief about female garrulity and man’s briefness has no basis», - conclude authors of the work.