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AthertonMerriweather
11/21/08

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Those monkeys are obviously fans of Motrin though.
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
11/21/08

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Just put those monkeys in a college poli sci seminar and watch the males go on and on and on and on.....
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TheUptightMidwesterner
11/20/08

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Chatty female monkeys role in the human social paradigm, this late in the day, scrapes from the rape joke post, we are way to serious...
Lets go back to making fun of Madonna's astroturf dress or read the Biscuit comment..
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CrossWord
11/20/08

@TheUptightMidwesterner: Lord knows I tried. But you just can't keep ladies from talking anything into the ground, can you?
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ArmansCopyOfSwank
11/20/08

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This reminds me of a study the Army did a few years ago in the context of examining the possibilities of women in combat. They found that, among other things, women were better at cooperation and less individualistic when the shit hit the fan; I'd surmise that the higher level of communication in this study is just indicative of a natural predilection towards a cooperative mindset.
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exelizabeth
11/20/08

@ArmansCopyOfSwank: ARGH! No it doesn't. They are monkeys. You really can't generalize from their behavior that women are "naturally more cooperative."
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CrossWord
11/20/08

@exelizabeth: You sound like you need a glass of wine. Some nice, quiet, uncooperative wine.

Anyway, that's what I'm off to find...good luck with this thread. I hear ya!
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Mafalda para Presidente
11/20/08

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Everybody knows that the only reason women talk more is because every time we finish saying something all the men say "Were you saying something?" and we have to repeat ourselves.
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hellosunshine
11/20/08

@Mafalda para Presidente: Huh?
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hellosunshine
11/20/08

@hellodarling!: ;)
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Mafalda para Presidente
11/20/08

@hellodarling!: You never listen to me!
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stacyinbean
11/20/08

@hellodarling!: Oh I see what you did there!
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hellosunshine
11/20/08

@Mafalda para Presidente: @stacyinbean: Wait what? Sorry, I spaced out for a bit when the Esurance commercial came on. That cartoon chick is BANGIN.
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exelizabeth
11/20/08

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Recent studies have found that men talk more than women, but it generally depends on the social context. Lemme find the link...
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exelizabeth
11/20/08

@exelizabeth: Here we go:

[www.sciencedaily.com]

I am really sick of the "Women talk more than men" myth. It's patently untrue, and there's plenty of research debunking it, if only people would actually report on it.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/20/08

@exelizabeth: But fauxscience is one of the best ways to keep women away from the bunsen!
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JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
11/20/08

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What does your man think of your coo face? ...find out in this month's Cosmonkpolitan!
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
11/20/08

@Jessica Hussein Lovejoy: BRB, getting Rahm'ed: What his picking says about the way he feels about you!

And...

How to get your man to throw his poo at you!
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CrossWord
11/20/08

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Oh sure. You know women! They're all "Blah blah blah" all the time. Just chatting it up! Just like women do.
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Mafalda para Presidente
11/20/08

@CrossWord: Um, I don't think they said it was bad. I'm not sure we need visceral responses like this. Talking =/= bad.
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CrossWord
11/20/08

@Mafalda para Presidente: It was a joke.
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exelizabeth
11/20/08

@Mafalda para Presidente: The problem is that this study will be used to "confirm" the "biological fact" that women talk more than men. While this study of course it places no value judgement on talking, what pisses me off personally is that it is not a fact that women talk more, and there is lot of fascinating research out there that dispute this myth, and yet it rarely gets attention because people prefer studies that confirm gender stereotypes.

I linked to it in a comment below, but for good measure, here it is again: [www.sciencedaily.com]

And Deboarh Cameron's "The Myth of Mars and Venus" is a great book on this topic as well.
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Mafalda para Presidente
11/20/08

@exelizabeth: But what exactly would be wrong if women DID talk more than men? What's wrong with that? I don't see it as offensive.
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CrossWord
11/20/08

@Mafalda para Presidente: I think it's an unflattering stereotype, as is the grunting stoneage "man" stereotype. You hear about women "yammering," "nagging," "prattling" and on and on and on. Women portrayed this way are considered silly and goosey. You see men stereotyped this way much less frequently.
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exelizabeth
11/20/08

@Mafalda para Presidente: It's not offensive, it's just wrong. And as Crossword mentioned, people do tend to be dismissive of women's talk. For them to be dismissive when we don't even talk more offends me both as a woman and as someone with an appreciation for research and facts.
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Mafalda para Presidente
11/20/08

@CrossWord: Well, you can mock almost any trait by changing the verb. Talking and yammering are completely different connotations. Studies talk about talking. That some morons use them to support their own prejudiced conclusions doesn't mean the studies are wrong.
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
11/20/08

@CrossWord: I get where you were coming from and going. ;)

@monkeyriot: Not a value judgment, but there are some people out there who will use this study to justify their value judgments about women and the amount our gender may talk.
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TheUptightMidwesterner
11/20/08

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Did anyone notice if the males stared off into space and periodically grunted while the female were trying to talk to them? Or got really into that episode of "Family Guy" all of a sudden?
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
11/20/08

So we're more evolved because we grunt more than the males, or they're more evolved because they figured out how to communicate effectively with less sounds?

Then I read TheUptightMidwesterner's comments and realize it's def the former.
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
11/20/08

@TheUptightMidwesterner: And what happened when a beer commercial came on?
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hellosunshine
11/20/08

@Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Drooling.
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