Anthropologists and sociologists have found that different regions, ethnicity, social class backgrounds, age and gender result in different ways of using language. Linguists are challenged to examine this fact further. Some of their researches are concerned with gender differentiated language use in mainstream, white, english speaking contexts in the united states, Britain, and Australia.
Gossip is a specific way of talking between women and is noted for the values, morals, and unity of women as a social group. Gossip occurs in the home, the hairdresser, and the supermarket. Topics reflect upon the roles women are expected to uphold in the society, that is wife, girlfriend and mother. Gossip is however generally downgraded or condemned by any community. it is largely seen as worthless and has low social prestige. This belief is perhaps derived from the intimacy that characterizes gossip.