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Women have a basic evolutionary need to voice concerns about others to their peers, a new book has shown. 据英国《每日邮报》10月17日报道，一本新书指出，女性向同伴谈及对他人的关注，是生理进化的基本需要。 The desire stems from a deeper need to protect the community they live in. 这种渴望源于她们保护自身生活环境的一种深层次需要。 Duels and Duets author John L. Locke, a professor of linguistics, told: "The word gossip has a pejorative sound to it, but with it, women are, in a sense, servicing the moral code of the community. " 名为《决斗与二重奏》的新书作者约翰·L·洛克是一位语言学教授，他告诉记者：“‘说闲话’这个词本身具有贬义的色彩，但是从某种程度上来说，女性正是用这一方式来服务于这个社会的道德准则。” "One study of gossip showed that gossipers were concerned about women who are bad housekeepers, and women who are bad mothers, and women who are promiscuous." “一项关于说闲话的研究表明，那些好说闲话的人总是关注那些糟糕的家庭主妇，不负责的母亲，以及私生活混乱的女性。” "Those things are all threats to each woman in a community; therefore they have every good reason to want to talk about those things." “这些都是社会生活中每一个女性都可能面临的威胁，因此她们有无数正当理由去谈论这些事情。” | 
