Who speaks more? Men or women?

Do you know the answer?

New research is about to blow up stereotypes of the strong, silent man and the overly chatty woman who nags him.

According to a study released today, men talk just as much as women — on average 16,000 words in a day.

 

Using digital voice recorders over an eight-year period, researchers at the University of Arizona studied how many words hundreds of American and Mexican college students spoke over several days. The students carried the voice-activated recorders for almost all of their waking hours, on average about 17 hours a day.

 

The study found that women spoke 16,215 words a day, while men spoke 15,669. Although women speak slightly more words than men, statistically, the difference is insignificant, according to Matthias R. Mehl, a psychology professor at the University of Arizona and the study's lead author.