Linguist John L. Locke discusses the differences in how women and men talk:
The connective tissue in women’s groups is the divulging of personal and sometimes intimate information about the life and the relationships of the speaker and other people. That’s a trademark of the way women talk with female friends. The word "gossip" has a pejorative sound to it, but with it, women are, in a sense, servicing the moral code of the community. …
[Verbal male] dueling is done between friends, using insults in a joking or ritualistic way — in the same way that two dogs will bite the other as a form of playing. This is a critical difference, because men are trying to accomplish what their ancestors would have done by direct fighting — only without bloodshed. Humor is critical to this.
The above scene muddies that distinction a bit.
The Dish 