- -0743124 CMST BLOG- -: Gossip Girls vs. Gossip Boys?!

Who hooked up with who? Who broke up with who? Who went off to Las Vegas and got married while being intoxicated?

I bet you wanna know the answers to all those! Well, here's how you could.. open up a random page in People's magazine and you'll find all the answers you're looking for!

But no seriously, i was thinking about this issue and I really wanted to find an answer to why female celebrities and their gossip are more publicized or why female readers love to read gossip associated with females more & here's what i came up with...

My Formula:

-publicity (negative publicity) = gossip + women

women = gossip x trouble

gossip = trouble

therefore,

women = trouble x trouble

= (trouble)^2

*Trouble is the root of -publicity

therefore,

-publicity = (the square root of trouble)^2

-publicity = trouble

The point of my complicated yet interesting formula is that negative publicity only causes trouble!!!

So why is it that women celebrities are publicized more then male celebrities?

Well, women love to grab more attention then men. The article entitled The tabs: No Men Allowed suggests a possible reason for the imbalance in the celebrities coverage which is that women love to fantasize about male celebrities and if they were to hear something bad about them then that ruins the image of the male celebrity for the women readers. Therefore, they read gossip associated with female celebrities in order to view them as evil and bad. I guess this makes them feel better!

Hmm, I don't know about you, but I somewhat sense a little jealousy here. Maybe female readers are jealous of female celebrities because of their bodies, looks, or status, so what do women do best ?? Criticize and gossip! (It's ironic though cuz iIam a girl, yet iItotally agree with the fact that women love to gossip! haha)

This somehow relates to a topic that was discussed in class. Social factors shape the attitude and behaviour of genders. Women tend to talk more and express their emotions more. By women talking more, this leads to gossip.

Women may gossip about the way another female looks, talks, her fashion style or simply the way she communicates and acts around males (Let me tell you, this one is a biggy!). That's why we're known as "Drama Queens" because we take the smallest problem and turn it into something so huge when really it might be a stupid thing. We care too much about what others think and say about us and we tend to make every problem very personal.

Personally, I do enjoy reading and knowning about celebrity lives but I like to know about both genders. The main reason I even open these magazines or turn to the celebrity/entertainment page in the newspaper is because I enjoy seeing what celebrities are wearing!

As discussed in class and tutorial last week, the media knows what's hot and what's not. They know how to persuade people into buying these magazines and reading about hot and "cool" topics that will interest the readers. They know that most fan readers are females and therefore, they will have topics that will interest them most.

And I'll leave you off with a youtube video about Britney Spears!