Q 11. Why do people gossip? To pull down people…or to show off ..or ..just to pass time..or to be mean? Is it related to gender? Do women gossip more

My musings: I feel people gossip for all of the above….some people have the tendency to show off…they feel that they know everything about everyone….they take a hint, or some detail of an activity…and then blow it out of proportion….to impress upon others that they are all knowing. Some do it to take revenge….a sleazy gossip about an adversary is surely going to harm his or her reputation….and with this in mind they indulge in gossip…..some do it because they have nothing better to do. The majority is of the third kind….they gossip because they have nothing better to do….you could say an idle mind becomes the devil’s workshop. One will be surprised that gossip mongering reduces drastically when people are employed constructively….And yes gossip mongering is not a gender issue….the guys indulge in it as much as women do….only they do it in a different manner…..women love to talk….and men love to make fun…..both boil down to the same thing. My take is that one must realise …that we all gossip at some time or the other…..this may then tend to hurt some ones feelings…. So all of us should try to avoid it….gossip germinates when one does not have anything better to do….so why don’t we at that time take up an activity that is constructive…..pursue a hobby….read a book….and such activity opens up so many topics for discussion…when we meet another human being….and then that leaves no time for gossip. My belief…if one takes up some constructive activity….it reduces one’s desire to gossip. Agree or disagree? ANY ANSWERS