Women gossip more than men.

2 hours a day is spent gossiping on average.

Gossip spreads information you wouldn't find in regular conversation.

Gossip can be good.

Too much gossip or bad gossip is not good.



Gossip can be a destructive weapon or a useful tool in shaping peoples morality.



Did you hear about...? Is the all too common question found within many peoples social repertoire. Gossip, like fat, is good in moderate portions, but overindulging can lead to unhealthy immoral gluttony. Information can be spread through a variety of different channels; gossip being one of them. The information spread through gossip often contains ethically questionable material, which helps people develop their moral standards by learning what information to take for face value and what to discard. The learning of a persons character is a way where gossip can be used to judge how a person acts and how you should speak with them. But, on the otherhand the information is often "derogatory, unconfirmed information". This brings up the question of a persons emotional response to this information being told to others. It could be argued that if they didn't want these types of things said about them they shouldn't be engaging in questionable activities. Even though the rumours started are frequently untrue they can be damaging to a persons reputation. In which case it would be suggested to squelch and ignore these rumours and continue living your life. Gossip has 2 subsets: rumours and information. Rumours being unconfirmed information and information being true facts about a person. Rumours are the bad type, while information is the useful type. Rumours should be kept down while information should be spread actively.