I was thinking this too. Tho the effects of intrasexual competition as underlying drives for aggressive behaviours are certainly underappreciated, especially among women, explaining non-romantic conflicts between individuals with it risks becoming the 'you're just jealous' dodge.https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/1002444040812531712 …
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The 'You're just jealous' dodge is a conversation-ender. It's a refusal to look at the reasons being given for criticism of an idea or of a person. Tall Poppy Syndrome might be real but we also need to be able to criticise very successful people so assuming it is rarely helpful.
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With intrasexual competition, I think we'd have to reserve diagnosis of it as the cause of a criticism/condemnation to cases where it is not plausible or sincere & the individual gives other evidence of attacks on people of the same sex.
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