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It's an equal trade off
Women gossip more
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As a man, I don't think that I really gossip often at all, and neither do my male friends/relatives/coworkers. Out of the things on your list, we do sometimes talk about salaries/promotions and how work is going in general, but I don't consider that gossiping. There might be some unhealthy element of trying to measure up one-another or boasting, but I think gossiping requires that the topic be other people not participating in the conversation. In the rare event that we do speak badly about someone else, we're probably discussing what sort of actionable plan we can do to respond to some specific bad behavior. Like if we suspect someone is stealing things, we might discuss it secretly to make a plan to catch the person, but I don't think that's the same motivation or purpose in 'gossiping'.
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I am not sure I would call it Gossip... more like complaining!
I can only speak from my own experience, but my boyfriend gossips all the time. He would tell his friends embarrassing things about me that I didn't want them to know. When we were nine months into our relationship, I had an embarrassing bodily function in front of my boyfriend and made him swear he wouldn't tell a soul lol. What did he do? Told all his friends and they were all teasing me about it! I was so upset and he now knows to keep his mouth shut about our personal business lol :P I never gossip though because I don't wanna hurt anyone's feelings and too busy living my life aha ;)
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Ofc. The only person who gossiped about me in high school was actually a guy. I refused to date him, then he started to spread a rumor with his friends that I was a lesbian who even fucked with our female math teachers, that I lick her pussy, and that’s the reason I have good grades. This rumor was more believed by guys , and some girls even defended me.
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From experience it is about the same. Men and women also gossip about similar things. Bar a few niche male-only or female-only topics.
From research it is also about the same. www.inc.com/.../...-than-women-says-new-study.html
www.everydayhealth.com/.../
With men gossiping somewhat more negatively than women but otherwise very much alike.
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from my own personal experiences that maybe is just plain bad luck
the majority of the people I've been around who yapped about others were suprisingly mostly males in general
to make matters worse
im the complete opposite
I literally don't care about what anyone or what they say & do... im all about mines in this world
it's a very rare trait that im thankful for everyday... being able to ignore everyone & everything & just focus on you without any resistance
many of the male gossipers k ow about my traits/personality & I've been vilified for it but screw them
I can walk through life focused on me for eons without ever giving anyone or anything the slightest thought... it's a very rare trait - 974 opinions shared on Guy's Behavior topic.
Men actually gossip more than women. They're just more likely to call it "locker room talk", "banter" or whatever to come off as more manly.
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Men talk about trivial things and maybe a few rumors but we rarely ever spread word to different cliches unless it's big news (cheating, someone's getting fired, a hurt friend, a relationship has started/ended) and even then we keep it quick and don't dwell on it. A conversation between men changes to 20 topics in 10 minutes if left unchecked.
With women they keep it on one topic then agree to feel one way or give advice. "Your husband didn't do dishes? Well I'll tell you why I'm single, because I'd leave him" -
I have more gossipped about the football players and their potential transfer to the new clubs. This list seems very strange. I have never "gossiped" about sex. And about hot girls, its more like stating who is hotter and how unavailable she is. News, definitely. Old school friends, definitely. Dont know what "spreading rumors" means outside the context of what rumor.
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Men are way less nasty towards colleagues and looks, we rarely talk destructive, we’re also more ‘solution oriented’, men love to show off to each other with a solution for an issue, most women just want to complain and burn other women down. If we have issues with sit down and talk it out like men in stead of whining for years behind the back of the other.
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To me gossiping is just talk about someone else negatively behind their back. Men don't do that as much because they normally don't have a problem doing it to your face. If a man doesn't like you you probably already know.
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From what i've seen yes! I'm still in middle school but in my study hall me and my friends usually talk to my crush and my friend, his bff. Its kinda suprising how much they gossip! They've talked about other girls, their "friends", our teachers, who said what, etc!
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Not even close. Like 10% at absolute most. I know a LOT of women whose sole hobby in life seems to be gossiping, and I mean that very literally. Men banter. We talk a little bit about something and we move on. To many women, gossip is literally a way of life.
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The same amount. The difference is women get drunk off of gossip a lot more and talk about more insignificant bullshit that really shouldn't even be mentioned. For example in my office the women can gossip fro 3 hours about how someone they don't like wore ugly shoes to work that day. Men would NEVER do that.
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I think it depends on the crowd. But personally I've sat in on some gossip among a group of male friends on more than one occasion, and let me tell you the tea was hot👌
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They do but they'll rarely admit it, since they like to think they are above it.
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Girls gossip too much, guys complain too much
Omggg im so sick poor me i think im dying
I need to go to doctor cause im so sick
Just rlly overly ‘sick’ and complains and I feel like girls doesn’t complain as much as guys. But I know a lot of men that gossips, they just gossip about other people or coworker I don't know other things than what women gossip about -
I have friends that are guys and friends that are girls. Almost every single time my friends that are girls gossip and like to "spill the tea" about the on goings of work/school. My friends that are guys might bitch about a shitty situation. But they typically don't walk about things that don't involve themselves.
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I've been a witness. Men definitely gossip like women do. Whether it's about a girl they heard somebody slept with or a man that's cheating on their mate. They talk about it!! You can go sit in a barber shop one weekend and find out everything going on with everybody in the first 30 mins!
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Men gossip more but for some reason call it not gossiping. The men in every job and school I’ve been in seem to know everyone’s beef and stats before the arguing people do, I don't know.
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Yes, especially if gay. I don't know why people think they dont. But i mean just think about how much stuff soreads
Around the locker room or when guys are playing pool. Gossip at its finest -
Gossip casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true.
Based on this I'll say women for certain gossip more, men more often talk about facts and things that are confirmed as true. At least this is the case with the men and women I know. -
No.
They sort of do but not not the same way. Men “gossip” more about politics, sports, economics. It’s still basically gossip since it’s not like any of us are about to be made Secretary of State or whatever. -
There's some studies about how men and women share time, I talked a out them in college. Men usually prefer some kind of activity togheter, like having a drink, playing a game, football, bowling, etc.
Women prefer just each other's company.
About conversation topics that probably depends on the individual level -
I've had enough times talking to my partner about hanging out with friends... My girlfriend gets more info out of my friends than me.
Just a part of hanging out with guys, we don't think about recapping everything when we're together.
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