Over on The Eloquent Woman on Facebook, Meg Mobley is wondering: “Does anyone else notice gender differences in speaking speed?”

Does anyone else notice gender differences in speaking speed? I'm a scientist and I notice that men (older men in particular, but many younger men as well) tend to speak very slowly and deliberately, almost to the point of pausing after every thought…Meanwhile, female speakers smoke along, giving a notetaker fingercramps...I am young and female, and talk fast,...