Who talks more: men or women?

A few days ago I had a heated conversation with a male friend on the subject of female vs male communications’ skills. It all started because we disagreed on whether women or men are better at giving a public speech where a controversial key message needs to be delivered.

The whole conversation turned out into an interesting debate around the subject of women talking more than men, and hence, being more capable with oral words (this was my argument and not his, of course). This is a claim that I remember reading somewhere, but could not remember where.

So to prove my point I did some Googling and although I could not find any concrete scientific evidence, it was amusing to see all the different claims available on the subject.

According to an article in Psychology Today, women use about 7,000 words a day, and men use about 2,000. On the other hand, the author of the book Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, tells us that "Females use an estimated 25,000 words per day and males use an estimated 12,000 words per day." And then, in James Dobson's book Love for a Lifetime, his "research" tells us that God gives a woman 50,000 words a day, while her husband only gets 25,000.

Whatever the case, and even without documented scientific proof, it seems that the general consensus is that women are indeed more communicative than men.

If in doubt, take a look at this video clip of a man speaking to his wife and judge for yourself!