Women's friendships are expected to be intimate and safe at the same time, which creates a pressure to perform approval. The durable question is not how to stop comparing, but how to make comparison honest without turning closeness into a scoreboard.
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The Comparison You Don't Say Out Loud: Why Female Friendship Is a Hidden Arena for Self-Evaluation
Women's friendships are expected to be intimate and safe at the same time, which creates a pressure to perform approval. The durable question is not how to stop comparing, but how to make comparison honest without turning closeness into a scoreboard.
