As with all types of female competition, the perpetual beauty contest is fueled by a basic scarcity, what I call the not enough pie syndrome. If there were enough rewards to go around—enough solo violin recitals, good men, high-powered jobs—I believe that female rivalry would be far less sharp. But because women have so little access to the goals they seek, they are forced to compete for a tiny slice of the pie, a situation that cannot help but breed the virulent competitions we have observed.
Zero sun game, there is not enough pie
