That's it. I fold. I eat my hat. I am man enough to admit I am wrong. Women talk more than men, you're right. And it has nothing to do with socialisation nor culture nor modern gender roles. How stupid of me to even suggest that. No. It is directly and solely the result of the fact that thousands of years ago men and men only spent all day stalking silently after elk while women stayed home in the cave nattering away to their cave children. Sorry it took me so long to see reason. When will I learn that these things always have simple, one-dimensional explanations?