we view our identities as a kind of zero-sum game: we succeed where our mothers fail; we gain what other women lose, We can’t envision succeeding or failing on our own terms; we can only measure ourselves against other females. So first we envy the powerful women we see in the media, and then we symbolically triumph over them as they crash and burn. After all, we can never compete against them. Who can be as beautiful as a movie star or as powerful as a princess, a president’s wife, or the head of a business empire? If we can’t beat them ourselves, at least we can enjoy the sight of them
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Italy's Mindset is zero sum game too
