You must have heard people cracking jokes about women not being able to keep secrets. They say the best way to make a news viral is to tell-a-woman. They are very bad at keeping secrets. If you’re a woman you must be recalling the events when you did that? And if you’re a man, you must be desperately looking for answers.
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And if you tell a woman to not tell a particular thing to anyone else, it makes this even more difficult for a woman to keep shut. No offence, though! Not being a sexist, but men are much better at keeping secrets.
Our folklores have many stories justifying why women are not able to keep any secret. “Women can’t keep secrets” this adage is famous not only in our society but also in the movies. So come let’s know women fail at such a trivial task of keeping secrets.
1. Yudhishthira’s Curse to Women
You can find it in Mahabharata that Kunti was aware that Karna was her son but she chose to keep it a secret from everyone. When her Pandava sons came to know about this, then the eldest of the Pandavas, Yudishsthira cursed her saying, “You concealed such an important thing from us, hence I curse you and all the womenfolk of the world that you won’t ever be able to keep any secret ever.” That’s why women often let out the secrets easily.
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2. Curious Nature
A woman’s curiosity can be aptly compared to that of a baby’s. it can never sit still. They can’t digest even a minute secret, also they’re forever eager to know about everything going around them. it has been said that a woman can hold a secret only for 32 minutes.
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3. Some women need to feed their egos
Sometimes, for the sake of giving an exclusive news to their friends, they let out the secret of someone else. They do this to feed their ego. They assume that they become a super hit among their friends by doing this.
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4. To Gain Attention
Some women are attention seekers. They try their best to attract the attention of the people around her. They think that telling them something spicy will make them popular amongst their friends.
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5. Mental Burden
Tufts University has conducted a research and concluded that women feel the immense burden when they are asked to hide something. They feel suffocated and feel relieved only when they let out the secret.
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6. Men are no less than women!
Not only women but also some are found doing such things. They need an alcohol push up to do the trick. Once they let the alcohol in, all the inner secrets are shown the way out.
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