About 78% of girls who watched reality TV thought gossip was a normal part of a relationship between girls, while only 54% of girls who didn't watch it did.

CNN: Our unhealthy love of reality TV bullying

These girls often resorted to gossip and other forms of indirect communication, or they internalize their feelings in unhealthy ways.

CNN: Teach girls to be more like boys

In spite of the impression given by the New York Post's Page Six gossip column, it's not really the partying Manhattan girls and their Wall Street heir boyfriends who rule the Hamptons during the summer these days.

BBC: Escape from New York