Women's Secrets: Spilled in 47 Hours & 15 Minutes

[turbo]

I would have to try hard to think of women I have known that do not gossip.

My mother was a fantastic secret-keeper. Family members would confide in her to get stuff off their chests because they could trust her to keep secrets. One day, my great-aunt showed up appearing very upset and she and my mother launched into a pretty excited conversation in French. There was crying and hugging...and I didn't understand why for sure. I was only about 5-6 and though my mother never taught me French, I had picked it up by osmosis, so when her aunt left I asked my mother why she was sad and when "Marie" was going to have her baby. "Marie" was single, teenaged, and pregnant, and used to babysit me sometimes. My mother asked me who told me that, and I told her the she and my aunt were talking about it. After that, I was "invited" to go out and play when the conversations got serious.

 

[latitude]

Gossip is intrinsic to human nature...

It's not always harmful.

The worst gossiper I know is my male, 80-year-old horseback riding coach-- constant backbiting about the other local stables, horses and instructors!

 

[jobyts]

I can't believe you guys are my colleagues! No wonder women have such a hard time getting academic positions. Before you've even carried on a conversation with us, you've already decided we're worthless, gossipy human beings. How the h3ll am I supposed to share the results of an experiment I've conducted or give a talk when so many of you have decided before-hand that I'm not worth listening to?

This thread is for evidence for women's lack of secret keeping skills, not for the evidence for women's lack of sense of humor

 

[lisab]

Gossip is intrinsic to human nature...

It's not always harmful.

The worst gossiper I know is my male, 80-year-old horseback riding coach-- constant backbiting about the other local stables, horses and instructors!

I think people who gossip tend to be people who feel they don't have power. I base this on places I've worked. The worst gossip hotbeds were places where the management didn't tell anything to anybody, and there was never any recognition of a job well-done.

Contrast that to where I am now - very little gossip here. Management does a good job letting us know what the issues are, and everyone is too busy doing their jobs.

Maybe gossip is one way people deal with feeling uninformed and out of control.

 

[Proton Soup]

Gossip is intrinsic to human nature...

It's not always harmful.

The worst gossiper I know is my male, 80-year-old horseback riding coach-- constant backbiting about the other local stables, horses and instructors!

so, did you hear that Mr. Ed was actually a gelding?!

 

[Math Is Hard]

so, did you hear that Mr. Ed was actually a gelding?!