“Why do girls gossip?”

(Read the answer to Why do girls talk on the phone so much? first.) The downside to the need to feel connected is gossip. In a perfect world, everyone would be nice and friendly and caring; everyone would feel loved and confident; and there would be no gossip. Because most girls (more so than the average guy) experience love, value and fulfillment through their relationships, those connections can also be used as weapons. Gossiping about the people around them is a way for some girls to feel powerful, to feel “in the know”, to feel important, and to use what they know will hurt another person in order to get what they want. It is not a very pretty picture, but it is the natural negative side to what is otherwise a very positive trait in women.