Are girls more talkative than boys?

[Gopalkumar]

Yes

No

[IslaTheWitch]

I think in general, yes.

In general, girls start to talk earlier, and parts of the brain responsible for communication are developing faster for girls.

So, as kids, if there are no other problems, girls speak better and more. There is an evolutionary theory that because females took care of kids, cooking and cultivating, they needed to maintain proper contact with each other. So earlier developed communication skills were crucial.

Of course, together with our civilisation development came a very specific way of raising girls. They should be closed off, silent and talk only when asked...

Still, in some patriarchal families, girls are raised like that.

[SueShe]

I don't think that you can make a blank statement here.

Try to place a word in a conversation about sports with guys. This is mission impossible. On the other hand, when girls talk about clothing or makeup, then you are correct, they will dominate the conversation and guys will only roll their eyes at the variety of topics that can be talked about.

It also greatly depends on the character of a person and whether this person is rather on the shy side and introvert or more outgoing and extrovert.

My experience is that the topic of conversation and the environment group of people you talk with determines who talks more.

[RingOfFire]

"Try to place a word in a conversation about sports with guys. "
🤣🤣🤣

[RavVid]

Male an female brains are structurally different. In verbal tasks blood flow is diffused in male brain but more localized in the female brain. That is women have a specialized speech center in their brains. Not surprising they are better at talking.

Inversely men have a specialized space center and so navigate better.

[syncheart]

Not in my experience. The only way I can get a woman to talk to me, is if try to talk to her first. And then I haft to hold up both ends of the conversation.

[Cynicaldreamer]

That is like most stereotypes: it's not always true.
Please come chat with some of the men in my life, particular my dad. You'll see that's definitely not the case.
Also I play a lot of video games online... holy crap, most of the guys talk so much I can barely get a word in!

Whereas I can go DAYS without talking and be happy as can be.

[JacobJordan]

think you need to remember about stereotypes is that they are based on facts and applied as a generalization. that doesn't mean they apply to everyone of a particular group just that if you took 100 at random most of them would fall into that category.

[RingOfFire]

@JacobJordan precisely right. It is a matter of statistical probability not absolute certainty. There is no generalization you can make about the 8 billion people on earth that applies to every one of them except maybe that they are currently alive. That doesn't mean that you can't generalize. If it did, you could never have a conversation about anything because nothing is 100% certain in every case.

[JacobJordan]

@RingOfFire exactly. would probably help if people were to format their questions with the "in general are girls more talkative than boys" but somehow I feel we would still end up with the "depends on the person" with a rather unclear answer. which I can totally get behind but when someone is asking they are obviously using a generality as a result it would make far more sense to not only put your own information but also to answer the generality being asked about. for me personally I do not talk nearly as much as most women nor does my wife but in general women do factually talk more than men do. as in women on average speak around 20k words per day while men on average speak only 7k words per day.

[FunkyMonkee]

My ex-sister used to talk so much we told her that, if she ever got stranded on the desert, she'd get a sunburned tongue!!

[andreasderjuengere]

mh- hmm :)

[RingOfFire]

Robert Redford in Jeremiah Johnson... great movie.

[EmmaMary]

I'm afraid I do have to confess that I believe we (women) are!

[HereToHelp88]

This is totally subjective to the individual. I am more talkative than most people, but around women I am shy until I know you.

the woman I’m dating is one of few words; who knows

[dolemite58]

for the most part, sometimes u get the awkward girls that don’t talk much though 😂

[Nevnh]

I must be a guy then! I never talked much when I was young.

[Paris13]

Half and Half. lolxxoo

[Nikki1989]

Not compared to the guys I know.

[WhitneySnow]

In general but not always

[AndrewAzul]

Dumb ass question Zzz

[driven159]

Women are more outgoing.

[whistlingwh0res]

She is suppressed so gossip more

[Boomchakalaca]

Yes but im introvert

[Anonymous]

Generally speaking, YES.

[ThrillSeeker01]

Yeah I think so

[Anonymous]

Oh hell yes.