Gender & Women's Studies. Why Are Women So Jealous Of Other Women Especially In The Work Place?

Gender Womens Studies : Why Are Women So Jealous Of Other Women Especially In The Work Place

I work with mostly females and encounter the backstabbing and downright vicious attacks from other (some) co-workers who are just a pain to deal with. What gives? I think that the particular ones who do this are unhappy in their personal lives. ~~~ redbone ~~~

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I worked with a group of girls and it was usually one or two that just have it out for you for some stupid reason. I wound up getting along with them, because I didnt put up with that crap. I called them on it!

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Answer 1

my friedn one told me the world run on S#X so iguess the girls want more attention from the guys? maybe?

Answer 2

There are women who are like that but the majority of the time, most of them dont really care one way or the other about their co-workers. I have worked with women you described and the best way to deal with them is to avoid them as much as possible. Usually, they end up self-destructing at their jobs because they make enemies and then get themselves fired.

Answer 3

I guess I am one of the lucky ones. I have had the pleasure of working with some wonderfully intelligent, funny, interesting, amazing women during my working career which now spans, 16 years. Whilst I accept that there may be some women in my industry similar to what you have described, I have honestly yet to meet them. I have truely enjoyed the women that I have worked with over the years. Its a shame that you have not had the same experience. I guess these women are not just unhappy in their personal lives but in their lives in general. They exist to make other people miserable. Although maybe they are all backstabbing me and keeping it quiet.

Answer 4

When you figure this one out, pleeeeeeeeeeassssssssssssssseeee let me know! I have noticed alot of this as I am getting older (I am 29). I have dealt with the same. I agree its the ones who are uhappy and have issues. If they had their own lives I dont think they would have the time or energy to worry about other peoples. I actually feel bad for them. I just imagine how angry, bitter, miserable and unhappy someone would have to be to be so horrible and attack other people. I think women should stick together instead of trying to screw each other over and steal each others men. It just makes us look bad as a whole.

Answer 5

I worked with a group of girls and it was usually one or two that just have it out for you for some stupid reason. I wound up getting along with them, because I didnt put up with that crap. I called them on it!

Answer 6

Some people just run off of drama, they are used to it and cant live without it. I have encountered this before, one person wants to be your friend then they start talking about another, when that happens I always say Im here for a paycheck not friends, then they either stop talking crap about others to me or just stop talking completely.

Answer 7

There is often a claim made by feminists that if the worls was ruled by a matriarchy that tht it would be some sort of divine utopia with maleness subjected to its lowly and proper place. This issue that you bring up here is proof positive that men are not the only screw-ups that we have. Jelaousy and cattiness among girls (I teach in a girls school) is probably even worse that the usually more overt and physical bullying that one sees as usually occuring among men and boys. It is indeed true that some people will take out the frustrations they have in theor personal lives on others, and the workplace is often chosen. I believe this is because there is less closeness to most work-mates and thus it gives an opportunity to vent frustrations on people who are not in our personal circle of friends in most places. I have also found (as non-PC as this will sound) that women will be jealous of the relative success and prosperity (I mean relational prosperity) they perceive in their female colleagues. Men may tend to focus more on material things, but this also prevents such emotional engagement in disappointments. I dont drive a new BMW, but I am not going to persecute Bill, who does drive one, because it would seem petty. I have heard it from female colleagues that they become envious of other female colleagues for such reasons as they have a husband and family to go home to, or their female colleague gets promoted ahead of them, and they have this desire to take it personally. I cannot claim any great wisdom for what I say here, only what I have observed and have been told, but I can say, I think quite reasonably, that men and women display competitiveness differently, and that men may tend to show it both differently and only about what we perceive as important things. A colleague wearing a new suit or haircut is not something for a bloke to get worked up about.

Answer 8

Ive never worked anywhere where other women were jealous of other women. We are just regular ol citizens doing our job, none of us where anything to be jealous over, thats for sure.

Answer 9

I have been in the workforce for many years and have never found this to be true of women especially. Men in a workplace are just as likely to be disruptive and nasty, although they may do it in a different manner. However, after having worked in all male, all female and mixed workplaces of all kinds, from agricultural work to factory work to office environments, I am confident in stating that most trouble is caused by occasional individuals, of either sex, who are disruptive influences. Good management can work to create a positive atmosphere regardless of the sex of the employees, and regardless of the size of the workplace. Cheers :-)