Women Lie Less than Men

BobG

But don't women usually divide the number of lies they tell by 3, while men multiply the number of lies they tell by 2?

That would mean women really tell 4 times as many lies as men.

CRGreathouse

Does anyone seriously think that a poll like this will have accurate results?

lisab

Yes.

Oops, that's one.

Evo

It's so easy to lie.

Lie 1) do you like my new hair cut? "very nice"

Lie 2) isn't my baby the cutest? "she really is"

Lie 3) would you like to buy this set of plaster kumquats my daughter's class is selling so that they can buy new pom poms?" "of course"

Gad

No, women lie a lot more than men do!... White lies I mean...

DavidSnider

There's a Chris Rock bit where he says something like:

Men tell the most lies, women tell the biggest lies. A man's lie is like "I was at Kevin's house!" A woman's lie is like, "It's your baby!"

mgb_phys

Apparently women don't need to lie - because men never listen.

(according to this house's minister for women's opinions)

Gad

Jimmy Snyder

I find this report very dubious. My wife lies all the time. Her day consists of telling one lie after another. Since we married, I have never asked her a question but that her answer was a lie. Honest.

BobG

Lying is good for you.

Honesty breeds depression. And lying helps a person recover from depression.

And I think there was quite a bit of lying going on in that poll if men only admitted three lies a day and women only two. I guess it indicates that men are more honest than women, even when they're lying.

Moonbear

Though, here's another problem with such a survey...who counts how many times in a day they say something like that? The biggest lies being told in the study were likely the number of lies told in a day. And we all know that men are always trying to one-up each other:
Man 1: "I told one lie."
Man 2: "I told two lies, and they were THIS big."
Man 3: "I told ten lies, and they were WHOPPERS!"

EnumaElish

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/05/18/...men-no-really/

Typical conversation?
Man: “Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine -- I didn’t have that much to drink”
Woman: “It wasn’t that expensive.”
Man: “you’ve lost weight -- I didn’t have that much to drink”
Woman: “I don’t know where it is, I haven’t touched it”
Man: “I had no signal -- I didn’t have that much to drink”
Woman: “Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine”
Man: “I’m on my way -- I didn’t have that much to drink”

Pengwuino

Nonsense.

1) "It's fine"

2) "No"

3) "No"

Done.

Lisa!

Now that was a real lie since men listen but they act like they way didn't listen!

OK wait...you don't listen to what I just said...

dgtech

That thread being posted by what appears to be a male creates a logical paradox ;)

radou

So, in average, men have bigger noses? Another interesting thing to investigate.

Borek

Oh, well, let's try.

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=404590