Is gossip so important to female friendships?
The answer to this question might not be so obvious at first. Gossip is often a sensitive topic because it can seem like an attack or criticism of the other person, but in reality, gossiping with your friends plays into one of women’s most basic needs: socialization. It’s how we stay connected and keep up-to-date on what’s happening in the world. If you don’t have friends or are new to a city, it can be way more difficult to socialize and stay connected with others who share your interests and worldview.
Gossip is also an effective tool for building relationships; when we gossip about someone else, it creates intimacy between the people doing the gossiping.
In many ways, it’s a form of flattery.
Gossip also has the ability to build trust between friends and is therefore often used as a way for women to test out whether or not someone will be trustworthy in other contexts.”
At adulthood, I understand that gossipping is actually just other form of communication, a social lubrication that a group can gain benefit from. The line between Gossipping and Sharing can be actually very thin.
Gossip as a form of relationship building has always been an important part of women’s socializing. It’s how we keep up with each other, share common interests and find out about what’s happening in the world. Gossips are often perceived negatively because they might feel like criticism or attack on another person; but really gossiping is one way that women stay connected to others by staying updated on current events and sharing intimate conversations.”
“The line between gossipping and sharing can be very thin at times.”
At my teenage years I despised gossipng and longed for group activity. I was jealous with boys who could bond through physical games.”
“I had also realized that gossip is actually a form of communication, social lubrication that a group can benefit from.”
“Gossiping as a form of relationship building has always been an important part of women’s socializing. It’s how we keep up with each other, share common interests and find out about what’s happening in the world.”
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Yet there’s often a sharp edge to female friendships. They have been so romanticised in pop culture that we women expect plenty from them, and so they can become as fraught as their romantic equivalents.
“At my teenage years I despised gossiping and longed for group activity. I was jealous with boys who could bond through physical games.”
“The answer to this question might not be so obvious at first. Gossip is often a sensitive topic because it can seem like an attack or criticism of the other person, but in reality, gossiping with your friends plays into one of women’s most basic needs: socialization. It’s how we stay connected and keep up-to-date on what’s happening in the world.”
At adulthood, I understand that gossipping is actually just other form of communication; a social lubrication that a group can gain benefit from.”
It could be the circles I travel in, it could be that I’m just lucky, it could be that most women prone to this outgrow it by the time they reach my age.
“It could be the circles I travel in, it could be that I’m just lucky, it could be that most woman prone to this outgrow it by the time they reach my age.”
-“At adulthood, I understand that gossipping is actually just other form of communication; a social lubrication that group can gain benefit from. It’s how we stay connected and keep up-to-date on what’s happening in world.”
“Gossiping as a form of relationship building has always been an important part of women’s socializing. It’s how we keep up with each other, share common interests and find out about what’s happening in the world.”
It could be the circles I travel in, it could be that I’m just lucky, it could be that most woman prone to this outgrow it by time they reach my age. Yet there’s often a sharp edge to female friendships. They have been so romanticised in pop culture that we women expect plenty from them, and so they can become as fraught as their romantic equivalents.”
Gossiping is an important way for us to stay connected with each other; but sometimes gossip becomes negative because of how people perceive what is being said about someone else’s character or actions’ “the line between gossipping and sharing can be very thin at times.”
“Gossiping as a form of relationship building has always been an important part of women’s socializing. It’s how we keep up with each other, share common interests and find out about what’s happening in the world.”
“At my teenage years I despised gossiping and longed for group activity. I was jealous with boys who could bond through physical games.”
Gossips are often perceived negatively because they might feel like criticism or attack on another person; but really gossiping is one way that woman stay connected to others by staying updated on current events and sharing intimate conversations. “Yet there’s often a sharp edge to female friendships. They have been so romanticised in pop culture that we women expect plenty from them.