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Gossip assumptions - Coggle Diagram
Gossip assumptions
Being gossiped about
paranoia
social wirthdrawl
'second guessing' yourself
feeling isolated
feeling insecure
low self-worth
feeling unwelcome/unwanted
feeling 'blindsided'
especially when gossip about you in well-known until it is disclosed
can make you feel important
Used for social bonding
to find common ground through communicating values
formation of 'out groups' and 'in groups'
an icebreaker
moving beyond small talk
demonstrates a level of trust in the recipient - to not report back what was said to the target
to communicate expectations/standards of behaviour
Gendered
Female agression
Male inclination toward violence deters too much gossip
mums on the school pick-up
parenting
self-validation
through condemnation of other parenting practises
claiming superiority
ugly babies
engagement with children
causing poor behaviour in children
'bitchiness'
homosexuality
femininity
Reputation
gaining power
Hierarchy
ranks/ 'pecking order'
to bring down people with a 'chip on their shoulder'
projection of incompetence/inadequacies
insecurity
as a gossiper
untrustworthy
sly
'snakey
'two-faced'
exciting
features heavily in celebrity culture
correlated to social exposure
Fame
tv magazines
Reality TV
often used as part of a 'game plan'
to build alliances
to sabotage
The inheritance
The traitors
MAFS
Scandal
affairs
drugs
criminal activity
sexual deviances