“Stop talking when I’m talking!”

Don’t you hate it when your girlfriend won’t shut up? Sorry men, but she is probably thinking the same thing about you. New studies show that both men and women say the same amount of words per day, which is close to 16,000 words.

The research was conducted on close to 400 undergrads: 210 women and 186 men. These lab rats wore an Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) at all times except for when sleeping. The EAR recorded students talking for 30 seconds every 12 minutes, and they were not notified as to when they were being recorded. Researchers concluded:

The data suggest that women spoke on average 16,215 words and men 15,669 words per day.

So ladies, the next time your man gives you his one-word answers, here is your proof that you can nag him to the point that he will talk.

Shhh!