Quiz Question: Uses of Gossip from Cracks in the pavement

All of the following EXCEPT one are uses of gossip by women at local mom-and-pop shops, according to Martin Sanchez-Janowski.

A) Power enhancement

B) Exaggeration of information

C) Symbol of friendship

D) Establishment of social norms

Correct Answer: D: the actual fourth use of gossip among women in mom and pop stores was called pseudosecretive, this means that the women indicated that the information they were about to digress was not meant for the public, but they were going to tell it any way, this could be indicated with word or by common hand gestures indicating secrecy. The discussion of social norms was one of the common topics of gossip among the women, and it was used to discuss when other members of the community violated social norms in an unacceptable way, the example Sanchez-Janowski gave of this sort of gossip was a group of women talking about the burning of a child that indicated possible abuse.