Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip as soon as they hear it. They will typically spill the beans to at least one other person in 47 hours and 15 minutes. Depending on who the gossip is about, their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother are most likely to be the initial recipients of the information. The study of 3,000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that four out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret – no matter how personal or confidential the news was. It also found that alcohol usually gives us a helping hand to blurt out secrets – with more than half admitting a glass or two of wine could prompt them to dish the dirt. Michael Cox, UK Director of Wines of Chile, which commissioned the research to mark Chile's National Day on Friday, said: "It's official – women can't keep secrets. "We were really keen to find out with this survey how many secrets people are told. What we didn't bank on was how quickly these are passed on by those we confide in. "No matter how precious the piece of information, it's often out in the public domain within 48 hours. "The fact they offload gossip to someone completely unrelated to the matter or in a different social group can be comforting but while nine in ten girls deem themselves trustworthy – they still have spilt the beans. Intimate issues, true cost of purchases and affairs emerged top of the secret-keeping list, with girls most likely to share a secret chatting face-to-face, on the phone or via a text message. Fortunately for some though, over a quarter (27 per cent) said they forgot what they were told the following day. Source __________________ this isn't a knock on women, i just thought this was interesting.
Hehe... I can shut up =X....think it depends on what kinda secrets lor... Usually when I tell secrets to certain girlfriends I always have to say: DO NOT TELL ANYONE and I do know lots of girls find it hard to keep their mouth shut... esp to their bf's... one of my close friends is like that... its pretty annoying... I dont think theres anyone who is 100% safe...
Researchers have discovered that researchers really aint got nothing better to do. if i had the authority these people would be out of a job and looking for some real work.
Well like what MissCheekyy-lies-alot say... It really depends, I mean if a friend told you a secret that ain't of a big deal and you know this person would never tell anyone else, since they have no related friends (Maybe your gf/bf) then I don't see the harm... But I think the purpose of this, is to see if women can keep secrets of not... I wonder how the man did
that's so true .. gals and sometimes even guys can't keep their mouth shut to their significant others .. close friends or not .. they don't mean a thing.
seriously.... when someone says do not tell a soul... unless your significant other is soulless it means them too
I wonder how long men keep a secret for...lol xD I've kept secrets longer than 47 hrs.....this is just a small sample space...
i think men are not as gossipy as women except perhaps GAY men who yap all day long .. lol .. then again, they're not real men to begin with .. lollllllll
guys play games, girls gossip in the beauty parlor :kekekegay: maybe it goes back to evolution when guys went out to look for food and girls had nothing better to do -lol
I don't think this research can represent the general population. Each person is also different, so I doubt the data is valid
