While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended.

[natasha_jay@tech.lgbt]

🧵(2/2) From the CNN article: “I knit in city council because it helps me concentrate,” Montgomery wrote on Twitter. “Tonight I decided to knit it red when men spoke; green for women. Day 1 results in."

“It’s not that we women don’t talk, it’s that men talk too much and repeat everything several times, thus waste everyone’s time,” she added. “I feel a knitting revolution coming on.”

The stark difference comes despite a near parity of female and male representatives on the council. Montgomery noted that the body is composed of 34 men and 31 women

[sandorspruit@mastodon.nl]

@Natasha_Jay @jansteen I think we also saw her handing out gifts to the medal winners at the world championships in cycling, this weekend?

[angelacarstensen@norden.social]

@Natasha_Jay We should do this regularly for all kinds of debates. Calmly knitting and documenting reality.

[agturcz@circumstances.run]

@Natasha_Jay Something for @amydiehl...

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@Natasha_Jay Yet, when asked, many men truly believe that "women talk too much."

[jamesmarshall@sfba.social]

@Natasha_Jay nice visualization. I've sometimes wondered how to raise this delicate issue to someone who talks too much, usually to the exclusion of listening. I've settled on asking:

"Do you know what a chess clock is?"

(A chess clock is a dual timer used in chess matches to measure how much time each player is taking. At any time, only one timer is running, that of the person whose turn it is. It could be applied to conversations.)

[finitum@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay darn.

[jackmexa4@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay

1. Men speak so much more.
2. I don’t see green properly.

[linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io]

@kimlockhartga @Natasha_Jay Mostly because too many of them believe women shouldn't talk at all, partially because women are more likely to discuss a problem than to go off, er, half-cocked because they'd rather be seen doing something whether or not it's the right thing.

[modernmaslow@techhub.social]

@Natasha_Jay Not a pearl 2 equitable results.