Women can be such savages to one another. It is possible for women to harm other women out of hatred. Women are capable of starting and continuing a path of violence towards another woman.
Recognizing that women can behave aggressively and cause emotional breakdowns in others, particularly when directed at other women, can be very uncomfortable.
There are many diverse and oddly strange reasons for women behaving badly and jealousy is one of those reasons.
The effects of the green eye of envy glaring from a woman’s internal vision pulpit can range from mild verbal contact to being utterly abhorrent. A jealous woman might momentarily seem insane. Some of her behaviors include irrational and unrelenting verbal rages, as well as a stiffened body that is taut from the venom oozing from every pore. The powerful emotion of jealousy has the power to ruin both the giver and the receiver.
I discussed my viewpoint on the Beauty Myth in another article, but I wanted to focus on jealousy in a woman due to beauty while mentioning the Beauty Myth.
The Beauty Myth looks at how it affects women generally, and I’ll be looking at how it affects their mental health. Here is a quick summary to sum up the idea and explain the Beauty Myth.
The Beauty Myth is an allegory of what a woman should look like to be widely accepted in society. This ideology was developed by men to control women. Because the Beauty Myth’s ideology of beauty is not defined, there are no distinct rules or boundaries.
Women naturally gravitate toward appealing to men and trying to please them in a variety of ways, and the language that results from this, whether spoken aloud or not, shapes how women see themselves. Then, by subjecting themselves to a routine of constant grooming that includes the use of diets, surgery, and cosmetics, women systematically enshrine the essence of the Beauty Myth. Women can participate in the language of the Beauty Myth without even being aware of it. Women become unable to control their bodies and minds as a result of men’s control over them, which makes it difficult for them to achieve acceptance. Keep in mind that the definition of what beauty actually is has not been established! The woman then perceives other women as potential competitors while this is taking place locally for women. Women compete with one another for men’s attention, resulting in a war on each other that, while it may seem humorous to some, is undeniably very crippling for women on both sides.
Women readily accept pursuing the “ideal” weight and uphold this belief even at the expense of their own health. In some circumstances, this ideal amounts to nothing less than living a life of experimentation. A woman may start a covert competition with her coworkers, peers, and even friends to appear to be the more attractive and therefore more appealing to men in an effort to cover up her own lack of self-esteem. Does the stereotype of a envious woman exist or is it made up? Simply scan your surroundings.
Women frequently make others feel inferior by eying up other women while comparing themselves to others. Watch how quickly a woman’s physiology changes if she thinks she is more attractive than her perceived “rival” and compares herself to that person. If she notices that this same “rival” has a quality she wants for herself, her physiology changes again, but this time she withdraws within herself. Even if its participants are unaware of it, the Beauty Myth’s omnipresence is indeed potent. The Beauty Myth theory makes women’s envy of other women inevitable.
I have occasionally thought that a man serving as a manager would be preferable to a woman throughout my time working for various companies. How can I possibly defend the aforementioned statement when I devote my life to bettering the lives of women? Your working day may be the pits if your female manager is suppressing her own negative self-perceptions and arrogantly believes you have something she doesn’t. You shouldn’t extrapolate from this information. Women are capable of managing managerial positions successfully; however, I am referring to the female manager who might use her power to disparage another woman out of a sense of perceived threat. I’m also acknowledging—however uncomfortably—that women in “powerful” positions might use this to boost their own egos by undermining the motives of other women. The beginnings of jealousy have some very unfavorable characteristics for the recipient; the actions taken against her are nothing less than bullying. Even in a loosely-knit group of friends, there will always be some rivalry or conflict over something lacking, with low self-esteem serving as the undercurrent. However, if we looked back at the lives of much younger females (ages 4 to 8), we might notice a trait that might help to explain the neuroticism that comes later.
Girls in their early years are tenacious, determined, and confident. They may come off as bossy and adept at getting their way. Without even batting an eye, they can use people to further their own interests. The young woman is aware of who she is and will contend for dominance in her group. (Archetypically, young girls fit this description before society teaches them that their voices shouldn’t be heard—but that’s a topic for another discussion.) Young women who think of themselves as emotionally and mentally resilient frequently look for friends who have characteristics that seem to be the opposite of their own. She will keep ruling in this way. When she does meet another young woman who later exhibits the same assertive traits, they may continue to be friends but will occasionally become competitive with one another. But more justification is needed for why they would continue to be friends. Spiritually speaking, having, caring for, and maintaining friends is more important than the need to reign. Accordingly, even though they feel a strong need to rule, it is actually a result of pressure from their environment. The need for friends is much stronger than the need to rule and comes from their inner world (subconscious). Young females, growing females and grown females will find a comfortable place with each other that accommodates their rivalry as long as they are friends. Does this imply that the Beauty Myth exploits and perpetuates the characteristics of women already present? Absolutely a YES, in my opinion.
It is not a formal competition between women to outdo their “rival” in terms of beauty. Such acts of rivalry are not described by words; rather, the competition is covert. Sometimes a female will express her sense of being in battle by disparaging her rival’s “flaw” and making fun of her alleged “afflictions.”‘ Or the backlash from her peers is all too obvious when a female is thought to have “achieved” the mythological beauty. The sniping, backbiting, or even silent treatment of the poor female is a tool used to show how uncomfortable women feel around their “rival,” but this discomfort is actually a result of their own lack of a positive self identity. Even at a young age, they have a constant need to rule, but as they get older and start competing for acceptance from men, this need becomes more complex.
In the playground, young girls are clearly sending another poor girl “out to Coventry” because she has a fabulous pair of shiny shoes that the current leader does not. Teenage girl turns on her friend because the boy she likes doesn’t reciprocate with her attention-seeking behaviors. The new employee who effortlessly makes the standardized corporate uniform appear incredibly seductive. In an effort to be the thinnest and therefore prettiest among her peers, supermodels gamble with their health. She has come to understand that this guarantees her ongoing employment. Media portrays scenes of stereotypical females acting viciously toward one another in an effort to rule and gain acceptance. As the camera “puts on pounds” and the media shouts out any flaws on a woman in a public way, movie stars are all trying to lose weight. Not all publicity is positive publicity! Simply because of perceptions based on appearance, women start feuds with other women. especially if the female celebrity is newsworthy and overexposed. Therefore, beauty has an impact on all women in some way, and this impact can extend to jealousy when combined with a stereotypically feminine trait. The attacking female’s perception of what she stands to gain or lose if she succeeds in putting her rival out of business will determine how far her jealousy can go.
Here are a few explanations of jealousy:
Fearful or wary of being replaced; worried about losing favor or status; resentful or bitter in rivalry; involving or resulting from feelings of envy, worry, or bitterness; watchful in securing something; intolerant of betrayal or infidelity; autocratic.
Possessing higher self-esteem is inextricably linked to the need to feel attractive and therefore accepted by oneself and others. This heightens the competition among and for women. Both men and women receive “rewards” that are self-serving. The Omnipresence of the Beauty Myth, however, makes men’s ability to win at jealousy a foregone conclusion; regardless of the outcome of the contest, they will win. The war against jealousy will go on as long as women do not develop their sense of individualism, compassion for other women, and acceptance of other women and their equally attractive features. Over the woman who believes she rules, the Beauty Myth still holds sway. Women remain imprisoned spiritually until they realize that they are men’s half-baked sense of delusions and will never strive for true equality. It’s important to create “the woman,” and the way to do that is to recognize your own identity and detach yourself from what men expect of you. Because men currently do not have to trade with women on an equal basis, women must first develop spiritually by becoming aware of their inner resources before they can start the trade-off with men for equality.