男女八卦後果大不同：男士更親密 女士卻反目

There are huge differences in the way men and women gossip - and it's not as simple as talking about football versus talking about shopping.
不要以爲男男和女女互相八卦的唯一區別在於前者聊足球，而後者聊購物。不是！這兩種性別的生物八卦的方式可大不一樣。

For men, gossiping together brings them closer - but that effect doesn't work for women, and gossip can threaten Friendships.
對於男人來講，八卦能拉近彼此的距離——但不幸的是，這條定律對女人來說可不受用——女人更容易在八卦後反目成仇！

Oddly, the fact that men might be talking about football actually brings them closer. ]Even boasting about achievements such as pay rises seems to bring men together.
說來也奇怪，男人之間竟然連談論足球都拉近彼此關係；即使是誇口“老子工資又漲了！”都能讓哥倆間更親近。

'The male friendship is more characterized by engaging in group activities so gossip can serve to enhance the bond between individuals within the group,' says David C Watson of Grant McEwan University at Edmonton.
“男人之間的友誼，多是通過參與團體活動、相互閒扯，從而使個人與羣體的關係更緊密。”來自加拿大埃德蒙頓市格蘭特麥克尤恩大學的大衛 沃森說道。

But because female friendships 'run deeper', gossip can have the opposite effect. Women tend to chat a lot about physical appearance, and this can actually threaten their friendships.
但是，女性之間的友誼更爲“深沉”，所以有時反而會達到相反效果。女人們喜歡扎堆討論打扮啦外表之類的問題，這些東西會損害她們間的感情。

'Female friendships are more characterized by communion or intimacy. Gossip can be more of a threat to the relationship than it does in male friendships,' says Watson. Both sexes, predictably, gossip in rather different ways.
“因爲女性友誼的特點在於共享、親密。因此，八卦這件事不一定會帶來像男性一樣的效果，卻很可能適得其反。”因爲這兩種性別的八卦方式非常不同。

'Physical appearance gossip was found to be more prevalent in females,' says Watson. 'but it doesn't help with friendship quality. This type of gossip may be a more of a competitive threat to the relationship in females.
“女性間經常談論打扮、外表之類的話題”，沃森說道，“但這些東西不能在實質上幫助友情的維繫。因爲這是種隱含了相互攀比意味的方式。”

The study examined gender differences in the relationship between friendship quality and gossip tendency with a sample of 167 female and 69 male Western Canadian undergraduate University students using the Friendship questionnaire and the Tendency to Gossip questionnaire.
這項研究是通過對加拿大西部一所大學中167位女生和69爲男生的問卷採訪完成的。 被採訪人需要做一份關於友誼的問卷和一份對於八卦偏好的問卷。這項研究的側重點在於兩性間的友誼與其八卦傾向的影響。