a us survey recently analysed the commonly-held belief that women talk more than men do. while the results showed that is basically not true, the bbc has come up with a list of words that women were more likely to say than men. here is a selection from that list:
Book club: A female dominated affair, perhaps because women read more fiction, or perhaps because men aren't very good at talking about it
Accessorise: If men were ever to use this word it would only be in the context of cars
Body image
Empowering: Men never use this word, perhaps because for the 200,000 years humans have been on the planet, men have had all the power
Size zero
Home birth
Pilates: Men in the UK, particularly, seem to have no interest in building up their core strength
Pomegranate: Men seem ill-equipped to understand the significance and full range of superfoods
Cellulite
Conventionally attractive: Preceded by "well I suppose she is...", a phrase women often use to describe those who actually are
Footless tights: Strange idea, strangely popular
Breastfeeding
Emotional intelligence: Something that men usually do not possess, instead preferring the kind of intelligence that involves dates of battles
Kitten heels: Or indeed heels of any other kind
What are you thinking?: The classic female condition check
Feminism: If even veteran feminists can't agree on what this means then it's probably best avoided by men
Agony aunt:
When men seek answers to life-changing problems in magazines, it tends to be under the headline "plasma or LCD?"
Flexible working
Handbagging:
As in new Commons leader Harriet Harman's request to Theresa May not to savage her every Thursday
Beefeater: The first female one made her debut this year
Babies
Superwoman
Ms:
Extraordinarily, the battle continues for women to be allowed to avoid definition by their marital status
Concealer
Why: As in "why do you never call?"
