The word count

Finally we can talk about it without looking over our shoulder. Men are as garrulous as women. They suffer as many yak attacks as do women and in as many social situations.

  But, just as there is a difference between 'listening' and 'hearing', there's also a difference between talking and communicating. It seems men talk as much as women (put away the stop clock now please, it no longer serves a purpose) but, to drop the brick on your foot- women are better at communication. You know those raised eyebrows, elegant shoulder shrugs, narrowing of eyes and pursing of lips- toss in some toss of hair, hands on the hips and few hundred other variations of body languagespeak and you know the scientists are right- women are better at communication.

Dapper men in designer suits do not use their hips as palm rests to make a point. Instead, they would rather shake hands, laugh a bit perhaps while throwing back their head a little(it's called a greeting) and get down to talking business. At last count, men were clocking in at 15,669 words(in 2 to 10 days) and women were a little ahead with 16,215 words.
  Now that's what's called too close for comfort.