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1、Menspendmoretimegossipingthanwomen,pollfindsMenarebiggergossipsthanwomen,accordingtonewresearch.GordonBrownandBarackObamaexchangeajokeduringarecentWhiteHousevisitAstudyhasfoundthatmenspendanaverage76minutesadaytittle-tattlingwiththeirfriendsorworkcolleagues,comparedtoj
2、ust52minutesforwomen.Favouritetopicsincludetheantics（滑稽动作）ofdrunkenfriends,oldschoolfriends,andthemostattractivegirlatwork.Whereaswomenaremorelikelytocomplainaboutotherwomen,otherpeople'ssexlivesortheirfriend'sweightgain.Thepollof5,000peoplewasconductedbyglobalresearch
3、companywww.onepoll.comItfoundtheofficeisthepreferredplaceformentoexchangegossip,whereaswomenprefertoconfideintheirfriendsfromthecomfortoftheirownhome.Athirdofmenarehappiestwhenchattingwithworkcolleagues,and58percentadmitthatbeingagossipmakesthemfeel"partofthegang".Andf
4、or31percentofmen,havingagossipwiththeirpartnerisactuallybetterthansexualrelations.Othertopicsgoodformalechatincludethelocalnewsagenda,rumoursaboutpossiblerelationshipsintheofficeortheboss,promotions,sexandsalaries.AspokesmanforOnepollsaid:"Itiscommonlybelievedthatwomen
5、aretheoneswholovetospreadrumours,andgossipabouttheirfriendsbehindtheirbacks."Butthispollprovesthatmenaren'tasbadaswomen,they'reworse!Menjustloveabitofscandal,andwilldoanythingtheycantobecentreofattentionwiththeircolleaguesandpeers."Attheendoftheday,hotgossipspicesupwha
6、twouldotherwisebeanotherboringdayattheoffice."Womenalsolovetotalkaboutnews,butratherthanfocusingonpoliticsorgovernmentissues,newsaboutsoapoperasandcelebritiesaremorelikelytocauseadebate.Andanytypeofrelationshipisupfordiscussion–whetheritistheirown,theirfriends,theirfri
7、ends'friendsortheirbondwiththeirmother-in-law.Morethanhalfofwomenopenlyadmittoregularlydiscussingtheinsandoutsoftheirprivateliveswiththeirfriends.Butwhereasmen'sdiscussionsaremoreinfluencedbywhatishappeningatwork,womenaremoreinclinedtotakenoteofcelebritylifestyles,soap
8、gossipandotherpeople.AspokesmanforOnepollcontinued:"Althoughtheydiscussverydifferentthingsduringtheirgossipingsession
