Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth About Women and Rivalry

by Susan Shapiro Barash

More than 90 percent of women of different social strata claim that envy and jealousy toward other women colors their lives 80 percent of women say they have encountered jealousy in other females since they were in grade school 90 percent of women in diverse jobs report that competition in the workplace is primarily between women, rather than between women and men More than 65 percent of interviewees said that they were jealous of their best friend or sister More than 70 percent of interviewees were familiar with the concept of women stealing a friend’s husband, lover, boyfriend, or job 40 percent of interviewees reported themselves the victims of another woman’s theft of a husband, lover, boyfriend, or job 25 percent of interviewees reported that they themselves had stolen a friend’s husband, lover, boyfriend, or job