Gossip – Takes Away 298 Minutes of a Woman’s Day

A recent insight has revealed that gossiping and chatting takes away about five hours of a woman’s day.

Mostly women chatted about other people’s problems, relationships, and children.

Research Says Nasty Gossips About People Make Their Faces More Recognizable
Hearing something bad about someone i.e. negative gossip could make that person's face more recognizable than hearing positive or neutral gossip, say researchers.

While they loved to speak to their friends, they also liked to share the happenings of the day with their partner or husband.

Close to half an hour a day was spent by women discussing clothes, diets, and their weight.

Social Networking Sites Encourage Kids To Spread Gossip, Insults
A leading headmaster in the UK has slammed social networking websites Facebook and Twitter for undermining kids' moral development by rewarding the use of 'inneuendo, half-truth and insult'.

Source-Medindia

Anti-bullying Program Reduces Gossip Among School Children
A recent study has pointed out that a widely used anti-bullying program reduces nasty gossip among elementary school children.

TV Gossip Shows Banned by Indonesian Clerics
Muslims in Indonesia will henceforth have trouble watching TV gossip shows or having sex-change operations, following Indonesia's highest Islamic body's fatwa, an official said Wednesday.