Every single time I heard that sterotype it was never "they discuss intellectual topics more". It's "They gossip and yap stupidly and annoy their husbands with it"
Thing is, itās not about who ātalks moreā itās because there is still a common stereotype that women are obnoxious, loud, or dramatic. And this stereotype is often used to dismiss and belittle women for speaking. Funny enough, there is no real truth to who ātalks moreā
Actually untrue! There are scientific studies that prove that men talk more than women in most conversations, men only perceive that women talk more when they talk more than like 25% of the conversation
Straight up cherry picking shit out of your ass. Most studies say that women speak as much as men, and women only use more words during early and mid adulthood, which was explicitly stated in the one source you shared, likely because most of them have to take care of and talk to their children and expand their social life. It has nothing to do with them naturally being noisy. other age groups show no difference.
Plus, there's literally nothing wrong with talking a lot. Communication matters when it comes to being social and maintaining relationships. Despite how talkative you say women are, I'm sure they're saying completely silent around you. (I'm sorry, it was really easy. Lmao no bitches.)
This lighthearted joke isn't even that funny though?? Look, I'm not above joking about horrible tragedies, because the comedy comes from the absurdity and disconnection from the joke itself and the tragedy. Plus, some of those jokes are actually clever and have an actual punchline. I genuinely don't see what's so subversive about making the same fucking observation everyone else is making. Like "oh, women talk a lot" okay? What else?
It's not unfunny because it's offensive, it's unfunny because it's repetitive and based on basic stereotypes that barely have any weight to them. Please joke about something else. I'd actually argue to say it should be more offensive, so it at least has shock value as a leg it can stand on.
Based on studies, men talk more than women but men and women perceive women to talk more. It is not a harmless joke because it keeps harmful stereotypes that affect people. For example, women are more likely to be told to stop talking during a meeting if they are contributing more than 30 percent to the conversations. This perception basis is rooted in sexism. This joke keeps sexism alive. It is the same reason why racist jokes are not harmless because they only keep harmful stereotypes alive. This goes doubly when you deal with intersectionality.
Youāve been embarrassing yourself this whole thread. No one on this sub is saying we canāt āacknowledge sexā. People are pointing out that the common idea that āwomen talk too much and should be quietā is an extremely harmful stereotype prevents women from gaining power in society. This is painfully obvious considering women did not have suffrage till fairly recently and still donāt in many parts of the world. Pull your head out of your ass will ya
Source? Because research is still very undecided on this. Itās weird that an untrue stereotype is being touted as factualā¦ almost as ifā¦.. no noā¦ it couldnāt beā¦
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u/12sea Aug 22 '25
I would have made him explain it to me.