英學者稱女性愛背地說閒話是進化需要

Women have a basic evolutionary need to voice concerns about others to their peers, a new book has shown.

據英國《每日郵報》10月17日報道，一本新書指出，女性向同伴談及對他人的關注，是生理進化的基本需要。

The desire stems from a deeper need to protect the community they live in.

這種渴望源於她們保護自身生活環境的一種深層次需要。

Duels and Duets author John L. Locke, a professor of linguistics, told: "The word gossip has a pejorative sound to it, but with it, women are, in a sense, servicing the moral code of the community. "

名爲《決鬥與二重奏》的新書作者約翰·L·洛克是一位語言學教授，他告訴記者：“‘說閒話’這個詞本身具有貶義的色彩，但是從某種程度上來說，女性正是用這一方式來服務於這個社會的道德準則。”

"One study of gossip showed that gossipers were concerned about women who are bad housekeepers, and women who are bad mothers, and women who are promiscuous."

“一項關於說閒話的研究表明，那些好說閒話的人總是關注那些糟糕的家庭主婦，不負責的母親，以及私生活混亂的女性。”

"Those things are all threats to each woman in a community; therefore they have every good reason to want to talk about those things."

“這些都是社會生活中每一個女性都可能面臨的威脅，因此她們有無數正當理由去談論這些事情。”

Men however, are more concerned with displaying their strength and showing off to women, by "dueling" - bantering and exchanging playful insults among boys.

男性則更熱衷於通過“決鬥”的方式顯示自己的實力，並向女性炫耀——他們互相打趣，玩笑式的辱罵嬉鬧。

"Like if two guys, for example, come up to each other, and one of them maybe insults him a little bit about his bulging midriff, or his thinning hair."

“舉個例子來說，如果兩個男人碰到了一起，其中一個很有可能會嘲笑一下對方凸起的腹部或是稀疏的頭髮。”

"Women would simply never, never, never do that."

“但是女性則永遠永遠不會這麼做。”

The professor argues girls are more likely to comment to friends about another person's appearance rather than tell them to their faces.

教授認爲，女性更可能和朋友們一起討論另外一個人的外表而不是當面告訴對方。

　　They are used to sharing information with each other or "dueting", often finishing each other's sentences as a bonding method.

她們通常會一起共享信息，或者來個“二重奏”，以另一個人發言的結尾作爲下一個話題的開始。

Locke said: "When women are dueting and trading in intimate disclosures about themselves and their friends, they're fortifying a relationship."

洛克說：“當女性在這樣閒聊或是和朋友交換私密信息的時候，她們其實是在強化這種友誼關係。”