| I often find that when I fully understand the nature of a concept, it's far easier for me to apply it to my life. So here's the question:
What is it about jealousy that so disgusts women when men exhibit it? Why is it more acceptable for a woman to be jealous in a relationship (to an extent of course), whereas the same level of jealousy exhibited by the man sends the girl running in the opposite direction?
For months, my gf periodically checked my email and facebook inboxes. Girls who were my friends from the past, after seeing me with my HB10 gf, suddenly realized my value and started throwing themselves at me. As a result, my gf did all this snooping, was insanely jealous, an essentially forced me to cut these girls out of my life. Although I recognize this was ultimately my choice, I made the decision solely to calm her jealousy.
Later on, I read her email literally ONE time after I found out she lied to me about something, and she changed her passwords on her email, facebook, and computer. I totally understand her need for privacy, and neither of us should have been snooping in the first place, but I'm still wondering why the action yields such different results when I do it versus when she does it.
Perhaps my reaction should have been the same as hers?
Anyway, I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on this. Is it simply a DLV for both genders? Or is there a more complex evolutionary explanation for why the reactions differ so much across genders?
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