Perceptions of Female Intra-Sex Competition and Related Gender Beliefs

While prevailing cultural stereotypes depict women as communal, likeable, and interpersonally-oriented, there exists a contradictory - and perhaps equally pervasive- discourse: that women are competitive with other women, or in colloquial terms, that they are "catty." Perceptions of Intra-Female Competition and Related Gender Beliefs examines the prevalence of this perception of women as well as associated attitudes regarding traditional gender roles.