05.08.14
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Facts on Why Guys Gossip More Than Girls

 The word is out: men gossip more than women. Yes, the generally accepted “fact” that girls are very notorious spreaders of rumours is about to become a myth, a gossip, a rumour. Here are some information derived from surveys in recent years.

In a reimages-Gossip_838468516cent survey conducted just this 2014:

  • men cannot keep a secret for more than three hours while women can for three hours and 40 minutes

  • men spend 30% more time gossiping than women

  • men have shorter attention span at work and have the greater tendency to get out of the way to have a quick chat

According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom by BMRB Research on behalf of BT’s Buzz-In facility:

  • 20% of men spend up to three hours every day to gossip

  • men spread rumours more than women

  • 55% of men gossips at work while 46% of women do

  • 17% of husbands or male partners are more interested in pillow talk than sex while the rate in wives or females partners is 10%

In a survey conducted by onepoll.com in 2009:

  • men talk to officemates and friends for an average of 76 minutes every day while women do 52 minutes

  • 33% of men feel happiest when talking with workmates

  • 58% acknowledge that gossiping gives them a feeling of belongingness

  • 31% of men feel that gossiping with their relationship partners makes them feel better and is more important than connecting sexually

Men love to gossip about:

  1. drunken friends

  2. news

  3. friends from college, high school and grade school

  4. female workmates

  5. the sexiest girl at work

  6. rumours and how it spreads

  7. promotions at work

  8. sexual relationships

  9. salaries

  10. the boss

Yes, men talk more than women. They have the greater tendency to talk and actually do it more than the opposite gender. First, they easily and quickly get bored. They have shorter attention spans. And they feel a greater need to belong and be the centre of attention. Talking which lead to and involves a great amount of gossiping is the result of the mentioned tendency, the product of getting bored and the answer to the mentioned needs. It can even be inferred that they are the ones who spread the talk that women love to gossip and engage much in this activity

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