Don’t tell anyone I told you this, and remember it’s just between you
and me. If anyone finds out, you are on your own,’ such is usually the
intro or the concluding part of a gossip.
Men call it ‘mere
discussion’ while women call it ‘gist’, but regardless of the
colouration people try to give it, it is called gossip, defined simply
as an idle talk between two or more persons, and usually about the
affairs of others. It can also be defined as a casual conversation about
other people, typically involving their private lives and usually sweet
to the hearing.
Women used to be seen as gossiping and spreading rumours but experts say men seem to be better gossip.
According
to a study conducted by a global research company, Onepoll, men are not
just the bigger gossips, they spend more time gossiping than women. The
story says men are more likely to expose the dirt about other people
than women.
The study conducted by a global research company,
Onepoll, found that men are happier when gossiping with their colleagues
and that their contribution to the ‘chat’ gives them a feel of
belonging. The findings of the study were published on Telegraph Online.
In
the course of the study in which 5,000 people participated, it was
found that men spend an average of 76 minutes gossiping with their
friends while women spend just 52 minutes.
The study also found
that while men prefer to exchange gossip in the office, mostly with
their colleagues at work, women prefer to ‘confide in their friends’
while at home.
Male participants in the study pointed out that
topics that usually dominate their ‘discussion’ with their male
colleagues or friends include women, female colleagues at work,
especially the most attractive ones, salaries and their sexual
relationships, while the female participants said they were usually
interested in other women, family issues, in-laws and celebrities.
While
one third of the male participants said they were usually in their
happiest mood when gossiping with their colleagues, 58 per cent said
gossiping gave them a sense of belonging while 31 per cent of the men
said they preferred chatting with their partners to having sexual
relationship.
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