Thursday, July 05, 2007

A Blow To Feminism

Finally, some scientists got tired of hearing that stupid quote that women are smarter because they use 20,000 words a day and men only use 7,000. After seeing this "fact" perpetuated in a magazine recently, researchers at the University of Arizona set out to find out if this was really true.

Using modern techniques (making this experiment more likely to have a realistic outcome as opposed to either: a.) Following subjects around and counting their words b.) Having subjects carry bulky tape recorders that they can know when they are being recorded c.) Getting an estimate from the subject) and digital recorders that sampled words being spoken at random times throughout the day, these researchers made an amazing discovery....

Women speak about 500 more words a day than men. Of course, we men know that of these extra words, barely 1/4 of them were actually heard.

You see, a man speaks because he has something to say. A woman speaks because