Why are there more male hyperpolyglots? One.... : Quote by Michael Erard

“ Why are there more male hyperpolyglots? One answer is that speaking a lot of languages is a geek macho thing (...) It seemed that a woman is less likely to say she "speaks" or "knows" a language if she studied it at some point in the past, while a man, wanting to display his giant repertoire, would include it. ”

Michael Erard
  • From : Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
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