Masters of deception... He or She?
 

Who's better at lying?
Men or Women?

And who's better at gossip?
A couple of months ago there was a pole done amongst UK women to determine how long a female could keep confidential information to themselves.

The pole revealed that most british females couldn't keep the information to themselves for more than one to two days.

What is the general consensus around the world?

dunno but I've met equally good male and female gossips ...

Men are definitely better at two things:
1). deluding themselves that what they're saying is the absolute truth.
2). saying absolute crap with bravado so that it is less likely that they will be questioned.

i.e. Speak loudly and confidently and you'll probably get away with it.

and here I was expecting a parade of androgy and to humiliate myself by getting at least 70% wrong.....

I keep a secret very well. my technique is simple. I just forget it.

I could hide my own easter eggs.

:lol:

Like your technique...
 

...But then how do you know what you've forgotten?
;):o

Although I like what casimendocia says I believe that men are less gossipy. At least I prefer the company of men. I do have female friends. They are not gossipy. I am not a gossipy person so it's hard to understand that mind frame and contribute in a gossip session.

As for lying. I have not encountered too many lairs in real life to know.

Masters of deception... He or She?

http://regent.blogs.com/photos/uncat.../21/rupaul.jpg

He is beautiful.

Now get that fricken thing off! < My original first thought.

You ruined the thread. :P

What were we talking about again?

all people are liars and gossips in general. If you ask me I think women gossip more and men lie more, but that's merely an opinion. I doubt it has anything to do with geography.

Do you think that's more effective than whispering in conspiratorial tones, while glancing left and right?

Jinx (Mrs LJ), never forgets.

Absolutely!

I don't "gossip"; I share relevant and useful personal information with the goal of maintaining and strengthening social networks and interpersonal relationships.

I certainly can and do keep secrets.

For once, I am going to (pre-emptively) side with Merc's distrust of surveys. How can you do a survey that asks people whether and how often they lie?