NOVENA BOYS SPEND MORE TIME GOSSIPING THAN GIRLS – STUDY

 

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.

Boys call it ‘mere discussion’ while girls 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.

Girls used to be seen as gossiping and spreading rumours but experts say men seem to be better gossip.

According to a study conducted by novenavibes on campus, boys are not just the bigger gossips, they spend more time gossiping than girls.

The story says guys are more likely to expose the dirt about other people than women.

The study conducted by novenavibes found that men are happier when gossiping with their colleagues and that their contribution to the ‘chat’ gives them a feel of belonging.

In the course of the study in which 500 students participated, it was found that guys spend an average of 76 minutes gossiping with their friends while girls spend just 52 minutes.

The study also found that while guys prefer to exchange gossip in the office, mostly with their colleagues in class or under the mango tree, girls prefer to ‘confide in their friends’ while at the hostel.

Male participants in the study pointed out that topics that usually dominate their ‘discussion’ with their male colleagues or friends include women, female colleagues in class, especially the most attractive ones, allowances and their sexual relationships, while the female participants said they were usually interested in other girls, family issues, aproko 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 guys said they preferred chatting with their partners to having sexual relationship.