Competition, of whatever form, is caused by feelings of inadequacy. When a person feels threatened, her instinct is often to go on the defensive. But the cause is more than psychological. A sense of inadequacy is fostered by a very real societal situation: women’s restrictive roles.
Crucial- restrictive roles in society make us fight over less than the 50% of pie half of the population (women) should have. If there's one spot for woman then we have to fight each other to get it, not men.
Restrictive definition of good woman make us sublimate anger and competition in cattiness and backstabbing, because open competition is unfeminine, we need to lretend we dont want to win
