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I think the competition has to do with "getting a man". Yet even once they get one, they are still wierd. Whatever. I'm with you, WB, that my female friends are truly my friends and don't have that weirdness dynamic. I may have fewer of them than someone else, but I like my friends. I'm happy with my choice.

I think another factor going into our odd behaviors is that we have learned that to get ahead in a man's world, we have to act as competitive as men, in the same way as men. Only we don't. There are ways of getting ahead where we don't have to sell our soul. Let's do that. Maybe we won't be high-powered executives embezzling millions, but we can be important in other ways, and most importanly, feel good about how we got there.