Close X
Friday, November 29, 2024
ADVT 
Interesting

Here Is Why Women Tend To Gossip More Than Men

Darpan News Desk IANS, 05 Oct, 2017 04:08 PM
    Women may be more likely than men to use gossiping and rumour-mongering as tactics to badmouth a potential rival who is competing for a man's attention.
     
    Women also gossip more about other women's looks, whereas men talk about cues to resource holding (wealth) and the athleticism of their competitors, said the study published in the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science.
     
    "Gossiping is a highly evolved social skill and an intrasexual competition tactic that relates to women's and men's evolved preferences," said Adam Davis of the University of Ottawa in Canada.
     
    The researchers surveyed across 290 heterosexual Canadian students between the ages of 17 and 30 years with three questionnaires -- one measuring how competitive the participants are towards members of the same sex as their own, especially in terms of access to the attention of potential mates. 
     
    The other questionnaires measured the tendency and likelihood of the participants to gossip about others, the perceived social value of gossip, and whether it is okay to talk about others behind their backs.
     
    It was found that people who were competitive towards members of their own sex had a greater tendency to gossip. They were also more comfortable with the practice than others. 
     
     
    Women had a greater tendency to gossip than men. They participated in more chit-chat and enjoyed it even further. 
     
    Women also found gossip to have greater social value, which may allow them to gather more information about possible competitors in the game of finding a mate. 
     
    The findings provide evidence that gossip is an intrasexual competition tactic that corresponds to women's and men's evolved mate preferences. 
     
    It also reflects the different strategies used by the sexes in their quest to find suitable mates, Davis said.
     
    "The findings demonstrate that gossip is intimately linked to mate competition and not solely the product of a female gender stereotype that may be viewed as pejorative," Davis added.

    MORE Interesting ARTICLES

    Who Finished Over 9 Lakh Litres Of Seized Alcohol In Bihar? Police Say Rats Did

    Who Finished Over 9 Lakh Litres Of Seized Alcohol In Bihar? Police Say Rats Did
      Rodents are believed to have finished off more than 9 lakh litres of alcohol which the police had seized from people flouting prohibition laws in the state.

    Who Finished Over 9 Lakh Litres Of Seized Alcohol In Bihar? Police Say Rats Did

    21-Yr-Old Woman Drowns In Sea While Taking Selfie In Mumbai

    21-Yr-Old Woman Drowns In Sea While Taking Selfie In Mumbai
    A 21-year-old woman from Tamil Nadu drowned in the Arabian sea, off Bandra Bandstand here while taking a selfie, police said today.

    21-Yr-Old Woman Drowns In Sea While Taking Selfie In Mumbai

    Class Assignment To Build Toy Guns Leads To US University Lockdown

    Class Assignment To Build Toy Guns Leads To US University Lockdown
    A class assignment to build toy guns prompted a campus-wide lockdown at a US university and a hunt for a possible shooting suspect after an engineering student's model was mistaken for a real weapon.

    Class Assignment To Build Toy Guns Leads To US University Lockdown

    World's First Air-Cleansing Poem To Be Auctioned Off In United Kingdom

    World's First Air-Cleansing Poem To Be Auctioned Off In United Kingdom
    Printed on a specially-treated material developed by Sheffield scientists, the poem, 'In Praise of Air', is capable of purifying its surroundings through catalytic oxidation.

    World's First Air-Cleansing Poem To Be Auctioned Off In United Kingdom

    Bombay Sapphire Gin Recalled Nationwide Over Wrong Alcohol Content

    Bombay Sapphire Gin Recalled Nationwide Over Wrong Alcohol Content
    TORONTO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is issuing a nationwide recall warning for 1.14-litre bottles of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin.

    Bombay Sapphire Gin Recalled Nationwide Over Wrong Alcohol Content

    Ontario Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Daughter For Close To A Decade

    Ontario Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Daughter For Close To A Decade
      Man Who Argued In An Ontario Court That He Was Simply Being A "Touchy Feely" Father When He Regularly Pinned His Daughter Under Him — Face Down — And Ground His Genitals On Her Over Roughly A Decade Has Been Convicted Of Sexual Assault

    Ontario Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Daughter For Close To A Decade