Stop the presses! Science has released a groundbreaking study! According to
new research at the University of Michigan, bonding with friends makes women feel good.
Okay, so definitely not hot news, right? But what IS interesting is the way newspapers and websites reported on the study. The U of M researchers found that after emotional conversations, women release progestrone, a hormone that reduces stress.
But apparently mainstream press can only describe intense, personal conversation between women with one word: GOSSIP!
Check out the top ten most popular headlines via Google news about the study:
1. Women who gossip can live a happy and healthier life, study finds.
2. Gossiping is good for women's health
3. Gossip is good for women's health, scientists claim
4. Friendship is a mood uplift
5. Good health from a good gossip?
6. Gossiping Reduces Anxiety and Stress in Women - A Study
7. Gossipping can be healthy: Research
8. Now Women Have An Excuse
9. Idle chatter makes women healthier, happier.
10. A scientific take on female friendship.
Ouch, at 20 percent accuracy, 80 percent "Women are Gossiping Gossip Hounds" that's a failing score, headline writers.
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