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In page Gossip:

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Some see gossip as trivial, hurtful and socially, spiritually[1] and/or intellectually[citation needed] unproductive. Some people view gossip as a lighthearted way of spreading information.[citation needed] Authorities or would-be authorities may have a negative view of gossip as something undesirable or dangerous.[2][3] Philosophical analysis by Emrys Westacott points to the role of gossip in (for example) cementing friendships and combatting abuses of power.[4] A feminist definition of gossip presents it as "a way of talking between women, intimate in style, personal and domestic in scope and setting, a female cultural event which springs from and perpetuates the restrictions of the female role, but also gives the comfort of validation." (Jones, 1990:243)