The research is in: Women don’t really talk more

Women don’t talk more than men. Really, they don’t.
Really.
Popular wisdom would have it that women are much chattier than men, speaking 20,000 words a day, vs. the average man’s 7,000.
But a study being published Friday debunks that stereotype. Both men and women use about 16,000 words a day, says the new research, in Science magazine.
“It’s been a common belief, but it just didn’t fit,” says James Pennebaker, chairman of the psychology department at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of the seven-year study.

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-07-05-women-men-talking_N.htm?csp=34

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