[Becky Thatcher]

Just because I love to be flamed,

Last night I was watching "Would I Lie to You?" a British comedy quiz show, very good too, (and I realise I have a nerd crush on David Mitchell.)
The women contestants seem to be much better liars than men.

WDYT?

This is fluff, I don't care for surveys etc, just what is your general observation?


BTW, I am VERY good at that show from an audience point of view. I am in a job where I get lied to all the time. I am also very good at picking up Trolls on EB, hehe

EFS

This post has been edited by LindsayMK: 16/12/2012, 06:05 PM

[~Supernova~]

Hmm I don't think it's a gender thing. I'm an excellent liar (probably shouldn't admit to that LOL). DH is pretty convincing, but there are ALWAYS tell tale signs...if you know what to look for.

I think *some* women are more naive, as opposed to men being better liars.

[vanessa71]

I also don't think it's a gender thing, it's more of a personality thing. Some people are just very good at lying, they are believble because they believe in the lie.

George Costanza once said, 'it's not a lie, if you believe it', I think he's right.

[Chief Pancake Ma...]

DH is a terrible liar. It has taken 3 years to teach him how to keep a surprise a secret. He wasn't even able to take me out to dinner without accidentally telling me where it was. I swore him to secrecy about the sex of our DD during the pregnancy. We had a friend staying who at the end of the visit said to me - you realise he called the baby "her" at least 3 times every day.

[ubermum]

I don't think there is any gender basis to that skill. It is a learned behaviour and something you get better at with practise. People with a good memory and some knowledge of how to control their own body language are the better liars.

[LynnyP]

No. I don't think so at all. I base this on con artists, politicians, marketers, business people, etc. Lying is not gender specific.

[andyk]

I thought I was pretty good at lying until I met my ex. He could have been the world champion of lying because he could spin you such a story with so many elements of truth thrown in that it was shocking to find out they were lies.

So no, for me so far males have been the best liars, but I also agree that I don't think it's gender specific.

This post has been edited by andyk: 16/12/2012, 06:31 PM

[FrogIsAFrogIsAFr...]

I am in a job where I get lied to all the time.

So am I. IME, it's more about the frequency and depth of the lies. I find females lying more than males, but males owning up quickly when challenged. Females will string out bs until the cows come home. So I guess, for me, neither are better or worse at 'getting away with it' but the boys will certainly front up sooner, lol!

(I work with particular groups of adolescents, so my experience is a little biased!)

[MakeLoveNotBacon]

IME, women have more experience in it. They tend to lie about the small stuff - "you're hair looks great!" "NOOOO you're bum doesn't look big!" "I'd LOVE to help you move/look after your kids/give you money" - where men tend to be honest about that sort of crap.

So yes, I do think they are better liars due to regular practise.

[RunawayPrincess]

I don't believe any gender is better at it than the other. I think it also depends on how big the lie is, and how frequent the lies are.