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#580 - Dr Tania Reynolds - What Use Are Female Friendships?

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Women Share Information About Their Friends Transgressions

Other than sex what else the women gossip about um they tend to derogate well so they share information about women's at least my research has found that they also share information about how other women have treated them. They share information about their friends treatment their friends transgressions against themselvesUm and so this is work that i've done with Jamie Palmer-Hogg and what we argue is that this strategy is a way to spread gossip without appearing malicious so if i were to tell you like oh mary really hurt me the other day she made this comment about how i've gained weight and that like really hurt my feelings I sound so much nicer than if i'm like god mary such a bitch

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