Men and women communicate very differently. Women tend to give a lot of details that most men wouldn't give to the same question. Ask a woman what she did today and you will most likely get a lot of details about different events throughout the day whereas a man will most likely just give the major happenings. An example would be, "how was work today?" A man would most likely say "it was OK" meaning nothing really out of the ordinary happened today, whereas a woman most likely would talk for a half an hour about different conversations she had, the latest office drama, etc.
Notice I did use the words "most likely" because some women are not as chatty, and some men will chew your ear off.