Yahoo! She Phillipines – Are Women Really So Mean to Each Other?

July 25, 2012

…Rachel Giese-in “Female Bullying,” an article published in the September 2010 issue of Flare magazine-cited New York University professor of psychiatry Irene Levine’s explanation for women’s mean-spirited attitude towards other women. Levine, who is the author of Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend, explained: “Bullying isn’t uniquely female. But there are always women who need to build themselves up by knocking others down. They may exclude, gossip, or do other things to demean one individual-particularly someone who seems vulnerable. Making someone feel alone, rejected, and treating her as an outcast can be as vicious as a physical assault.”

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