Researchers from the University of Maryland say the reason women are more talkative - and speak up to 20,000 words a day - is because of higher levels of the Foxp2 protein (Mail Online)
Steven Poole finds the differences between men and women have little to do with speech in Deborah Cameron's Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages? (Book review)
Pantene commercial based on the fact that women are 37% more likely than men to identify their own behavior as worthy of an apology, which leads to women apologizing more frequently than men do
Pantene commercial based on the fact that women are 37% more likely than men to identify their own behavior as worthy of an apology, which leads to women apologizing more frequently than men do
Scientists have cracked it! Men and women don't understand each other because he speaks 'menglish', a report reveals. A sceptical Rebecca Holman tries to learn a new language. (Daily Telegraph)
Think of the last movie you watched and answer this: Did women talk to other women about anything other than men? Are women represented equally in films?
Think of the last movie you watched and answer this: Did women talk to other women about anything other than men? Are women represented equally in films?
The Guardian talks to seven women working in professions heavily dominated by men - from one of the 0.5% of truck drivers who are women to one of the only three female butchers in the UK.
Ursula's song, 'Poor Unfortunate Souls' from The Little Mermaid - where Ariel gives up her voice: "The men up there don't like a lot of blabber / They think a girl who gossips is a bore!"
It is a truism that men and women do not communicate in the same way. But is there really any evidence to support this Mars-and-Venus theory? Oxford language professor Deborah Cameron investigates in the first of three extracts from her new book
Can it really be true that men and women understand language in different ways? Nonsense, says Deborah Cameron in this second extract from her new book - the supposed miscommunication is a myth
Why, when men and women are more equal than ever, is the myth about the sexes coming from different planets so popular? Deborah Cameron, in the third of three extracts from her new book, argues that the 'Martians' and 'Venusians' are more similar than they think
"Women often have a bad reputation for nagging. But really, all we're trying to do is make sure our men are listening. Rather than watch his eyes glaze over as you give him yet another reminder to take out the trash, check out our tips for getting your guy to listen." From SheKnows.com.
Dr Janet Hyde analyzed the results of 47 surveys. Her study showed that there is an almost negligible difference in the amount that men and women talk.
Article from The Guardian. A bestselling book claims that women say an average of 20,000 words a day and men only 7,000. Can it be true? We wired up two writers to find out.