Who talks more: men or women?

Who talks more: men or women? In the article “You Just Don’t Understand” by Laura Morrison, she explains this curious difference through a research and based on Deborah Tannen's book. “For males, conversation is the way you negotiate your status in the group and keep people from pushing you around; you use talk to preserve your independence. Females, on the other hand, use conversation to negotiate closeness and intimacy; talk is the essence of intimacy, so being best friends means sitting and talking. For boys, activities, doing things together, are central. Just sitting and talking is not an essential part of friendship. They’re friends with the boys they do things with” observed by Deborah Tannen. Thus, it’s possible to notice women have easily to communicate about the problems and through these conversations they create an affective bond; in difference men don’t have the habit to talk about problems, they just prefer to give the solutions. That’s why; the men are confused to be silent and women talkative. However, according to conclusion of the article, both men and women talk almost the same, but each one has a special behavior and they are influenced by the place during the conversation. Therefore, in my opinion men and women have several differences and similarities, because both are a being human, and the conversation’s way depends on the mainly of the education and the environment.   

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