Callado y Hablarona

According to British sociologist Dianne Hale a woman says about 23,000 words per day, while a man says about half that many. This carries over into the world of work too. Women bosses tend to use the subjunctive when giving orders like, "The next step would be...", "I would suggest..." Men on the other hand don't understand those things to be orders, and therefore they don't get done. Women do much more nodding and murmuring when listening to confirm understanding than men do.