Girls, have you ever walked by another girl and felt the intense stare of disdain for no apparent reason? It is as if your presence is an inconvenience. And for what? Only because you happened to be breathing the same air that other girl may be, too. Unfortunately, just because you are another girl, you often become an instant enemy.

Mutual girl hatred of one another is prevalent in our society. While in fact I am making a generalized statement, most girls can agree that there often seems to be an underlying factor of distaste in our mouths as we walk by another total stranger girl. Why is this? Why do girls dislike other girls they know nothing about?

Women are creatures of necessitated approval, even if that means fighting others for it. When we notice something to feed our egos, we cannot help but throw ourselves at it. This becomes an issue as we begin filling our egos in the wrong way...feeding off other girls' self esteems. It seems as if over time it has just become a natural occurrence for girls to be quick to cattiness with one another. Our brains attribute beauty and personal appearance to the social construction of success. The other girl is so much prettier, slimmer, taller, and better than us. She is now seen as threat and unconsciously a source of competition for our own success.

This is not to say beautiful and well-put together women are to blame. When we learn to lower the correlation between beauty and success can we learn to stop hating others we do not even know. Once we begin to accept the diversity and individuality of others will we begin to magnify things such as the ability to love and accept as sources of success rather than physical looks.

Imagine a world in which girls are loving of others and themselves more and the difference we could make together, loving rather than hating.