@eriksinger513: Who talks more, women or men? There's this statistic—maybe you've heard it—that women speak an average of 20,000 words a day and men a mere 7,000. Where exactly did this statistic come from, and is it true?? #languagemyths #genderdifferences #linguistics #sociolinguistics #gendermyths

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catfonso
fonz 🍉 :
But also why is automatically a negative thing to talk more? I doesn't seem objectively bad.
2025-11-22 02:33:25
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imthatdawn
Dawnish :
That clip of the woman talking over the man engages me, cause we all now it’s usually the other way around.
2025-11-22 13:17:51
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jennibug6
jennibean :
Erik it's patriarchy that wrote all those proverbs we women know this it's just misogyny. you can say it.
2025-11-22 01:49:56
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therealsugabaybee
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i coulda told you that. but then i’d be accused of talking too much
2025-11-22 01:44:17
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kaniffee
Kaniffee :
i remember hearing the stat "even when women speak just 15% of the time, men think they contribute equally to the conversation. And when women speak 30% of the time, men perceive it as women ‘dominating’ it"
2025-11-22 01:14:58
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refinedishtrash
RefinedTrash :
We talk faster, not more. We’re faster because when the clock stops we’re no longer heard.
2025-11-22 05:21:32
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booksandballetwithej
booksandballetwithej :
When I was in college, a woman and I were in a debate against 2 men. The men kept complaining to the moderator (also a man) that the women were “interrupting constantly”. When we go to the audience Q&A portion of the debate, someone said they had timed how much each team spoke for. My female partner and I, the ones who kept “interrupting” spoke for 12 minutes total. The men? 42 minutes. Almost 4 times the amount
2025-11-22 04:55:55
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elamankukka
elamankukka :
They only think women talk alot because they think women should be silent
2025-11-22 15:05:58
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inuksuk_mackay
inuksuk_mackay :
Podcast bros prove this 🥲 feels like they will never stop talking 😭
2025-11-22 03:18:42
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toomuch_canteven
inthebusiness_ofyourbusiness :
it's the same reason gossip is considered shameful. any way women attempted to stay connected and informed was shamed
2025-11-22 00:27:21
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r3dd1s0n
reddison :
something something to the oppressor, equality feels like oppression etc etc
2025-11-21 22:23:07
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bellwetherblonde
Bellwether :
Sitting in board meetings I can confidently say that men spoke as much or MORE than women, but they definitely were disproportionately annoyed at women when they spoke truth.
2025-11-22 01:40:07
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thegutstotravel
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I feel like we women talk more to other women.
2025-11-24 08:56:16
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huneyy.1
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Even if women spoke more, men’s voices are always heard above ours.
2025-11-22 10:19:22
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jopat739
J-D :
I work in a male dominated line of work. Like 20% women. The one time there was a 50/50 split in a meeting. All the men stated they felt outnumbered. Its perception! And its sad.
2025-11-22 12:06:06
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fucklesbianism
silly shit :
misogyny
2025-11-22 11:27:45
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shinybeetles
shinybeetles :
Common denominator in all proverbs: misogyny
2025-11-22 10:40:24
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neriesfallon
Neries :
Wasn't there a small study made that men just perceive women talk more while in reality women speak less (the study was from classrooms I think specifically) The answer is just the patriarchy and misogyny
2025-11-22 11:22:26
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eye.snap
Eye Snap :
There are also studies that show men vastly overestimate how much women talk. When asked to guess how many minutes women spoke vs men spoke in a meeting, women guessed about correctly for both men and women. Men's guesses were about correct when it came to other men, but for women they guessed much higher numbers than the actual number of minutes women talked.
2025-12-17 16:31:09
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bridgette_fidget
bridgette_fidget :
It’s not that we talk more. It’s that they want to hear us less.
2025-11-23 13:53:39
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cataaa_z
Cat :
I heard from a girl on TikTok who was reflecting on this that, maybe women have to talk a bit more bc we are taken less seriously in our jobs or schools so we have to talk more in order to be heard. Which wouldn't happen to a man. and I found that reflection interesting
2026-01-17 16:27:19
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klm80klm
𝕯𝖍𝖚𝖑 𝖀𝖉𝖚𝖌 :
here is my take on this, if you don't like the person talking to you, you find the conversation long and boring. men who do not like their wives think they talk too much, that is how the rumour spread. very simple.
2025-11-22 07:17:57
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madfrogs123
MadFrogs :
As a woman working in blue collar, I can confidently say I spoke less than all the men around me, and yet, I "talked too much." Literally didn't even talk to them for anything other than work because they were so insufferble and rude to me for simply existing in their space.
2025-11-22 01:10:59
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r.dikoko
Refilwe :
I said men
2025-11-22 08:14:03
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ann_crl9
Carol Carol :
Who makes more podcasts
2025-11-22 12:22:21
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