I know you'll be shocked to learn this, but women talk more than men. I also found this an interesting statistic:

...what the male brain may lack in converstation and emotion, they more than make up with in their ability to think about sex.

Dr Brizendine says the brain's "sex processor" - the areas responsible for sexual thoughts - is twice as big as in men than in women, perhaps explaining why men are stereotyped as having sex on the mind.

Or, to put it another way, men have an international airport for dealing with thoughts about sex, "where women have an airfield nearby that lands small and private planes".

Studies have shown that while a man will think about sex every 52 seconds, the subject tends to cross women's minds just once a day, the University of California psychiatrist says.

My, how politically incorrect.

Do not!

Neither do....hmmm, I wonder

No! Really, I don't....sigh

Oh nevermind...

The thought is usually followed by a comment about headaches.... ;-)

According to this Guardian story Brizendine has retracted the claim, responding to criticism by linguist Mark Liberman that there's simply no study that has ever reported this or anything like this. As far as he can tell, it was simply made up in some self-help book and has become a sort of linguistic myth, like the numerous Eskimo words for snow.

I see Joshua beat me to it; I was going to ask if the good Doctor could show us these studies, which are oft-referenced and never yet seen.

(And, hell, he's not good with metaphors, either. Is a small private airstrip really only half the size of an international airport? Like hell.

Speaking of which, I think he must know the wrong sort of women. Or maybe I do. Or maybe they're, more accurately, the right sort.)

Sigivald--it could be the case. There's an international airport in upstate South Carolina that consists of a single, 8000' runway and two concourses with a total of 7 gates. :)

Mmmm...

Rick, I assume you are referring to GSP, as it's the largest upstate SC airport. But it has an 11000 ft runway and 11 gates, as of about 1999 I think.

Not that it's really important........ :)

I think Fairbanks International Airport has the smallest commercial passenger terminal in the U.S.

I remember five domestic gates on the upper, jetway-equipped level -- although the gate through which I arrived for the first time at that airport was at ramp level for some reason, which I thought was supposed to be for international flights. Maybe the five upper domestic gates were in use that afternoon.

As for runway length at FAI, GSP is almost certainly shorter. Boeing tested the 777 for cold weather operations at FAI, and cargo 747s stopped over to refuel on a regular basis. And I seem to recall plans for making the runway longer...

I think Fairbanks International Airport has the smallest commercial passenger terminal in the U.S.

...at an international airport.

I'll move along now.

So this is pseudo-science, no proof, nothing to it? Only if your deaf and blind. Put 3 guys in a car, room, cubicle etc, and they'll go long periods of time without talking.

My wife goes off with female friends 2 or 3 times a year, sometimes for a weekend. She says she's glad to get home, because they inhale in the morning and talk all day after that.

I've had as many as 35 women work for me at one time, same deal, non-stop chatter. Just my personal observations.

the subject tends to cross women's minds just once a day,

That one time is probably right before she goes shopping.

Where on earth does this figure come from? I quite definitely do *not* think about sex every 52 minutes let alone every 52 seconds while sitting working.

Walking down the main street of Wellington at lunch hour, on the other hand...

Immediate reactions:

1. I'll never look at control towers the same way again.


2. If the analogy holds, men's brains are, specifically, like this airport, which I can tell you is built for a whole lot more activity than it's ever likely to get.


3. Joshua Macy's eskimo-snow-words comment got me to thinking -- Rand, does being from Michigan mean you think about snow every 52 seconds?

Jay MCI gets all the traffic I care to deal with right now. With the comming new generation of small lighter commercial aircraft...I....sorry I was thinking about something else there for a second...I think it will become more attractive as a hub. jjs

Viva La Difference!

I'll be willing to wager that most women think about sex more then 1 times a day.