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Catfight: Rivalries Among Women--From Diets to Dating, from the Boardroom to the Delivery Room

by Leora Tanenbaum

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Women often behave toward one another in sneaky, underhanded, ruthlessly competitive ways. Catfight is a remarkably researched and insightful foray into the American woman's world of aggression, rivalry, and competition. Tanenbaum draws on real-life examples and the most important studies to date in psychology, human aggression, psychoanalytic theory, and social movements to uncover the pressures that leave women regarding one another as adversaries rather than allies.

Most women highly value female approval and friendship, but the darker side of sisterhood can evoke covertly competitive behavior:

  • A career woman quits to become a full-time mom. Although she misses her job and the income, she belittles you, a working mother, as selfishly unconcerned with your children's welfare.

  • You're at a party in mid-conversation with your boyfriend when an attractive woman comes over to mingle. You move closer to him, touching him and glaring at her.

  • A female colleague "accidentally" misplaces your files and "forgets" to e-mail you about an important upcoming meeting.

What is the state of "sisterhood" today? And how much progress have we really made?

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About the Author

Leora Tanenbaum is the author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation and a rising young talent of journalism today. She has written for Newsday, Seventeen, Ms., and The Nation, among others, and appears regularly on a variety of national television programs. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060528386
Author:
Tanenbaum, Leora
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Leora Tanenbaum
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Competition
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
General Psychology & Psychiatry
Subject:
Women -- Psychology.
Subject:
Competition (psychology)
Subject:
Gender Studies-Womens Studies
Copyright:
2003
Edition Number:
1st Perennial ed.
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Publication Date:
20030931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.06x5.30x.82 in. .56 lbs.
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