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Gossip doesn’t only teach us about the person who’s the subject of the conversation, but also about the gossiper. When you gossip you tell others things about your attitudes, beliefs, and ways of dealing with people by seeing who and what you gossip about.

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All humans partake in gossip in some form. Everyone talks about other people. One study found that male participants spent 55% of conversation time and female participants 67% conversation time on socially relevant topics.

People like to think of gossip as the same as mali...

Gossip can make us better people, according to some researchers.

• Positive gossip inspires people while negative gossip makes people proud of themselves.
• People learn about themselves through the grapevine.
• Many people decide to reform themselves because of the gossip th...