This was such an enlightening essay. You know that feeling when you know something so well and you can explain it in pictures, but one day you're casually walking down the road and someone says the one word that explains it all? This one did it for me.
In general, a woman's lizard brain weakness in is jealousy.
To me, jealousy is a really cool core emotion. It's based in fear, and it informs future planning. But it also has an element of maintaining now expectations. Jealousy informs self protection, because babies need mamas, and mamas raise kings. I can see the evolutionary purpose of this. To protect the species, the mother has to protect herself by all means. And jealousy is the radar to detect threat.
We don't live on the savanna anymore. But it makes sense that jealousy, her cousin envy, rage, anger continues to flow so easily in the person female.
Jealousy is fascinating because it's an emotion that everyone has to some degree but not everyone will admit it. I equate jealousy with fear - fear that you will lose something you value to someone else. And your comment made me connect the two. Fear keeps us alive. More so when we were on the Savanna avoiding predators but still important for survival. I always enjoy your comments!
I've learned to say thank you...
Not easy but doable.
This was such an enlightening essay. You know that feeling when you know something so well and you can explain it in pictures, but one day you're casually walking down the road and someone says the one word that explains it all? This one did it for me.
In general, a woman's lizard brain weakness in is jealousy.
To me, jealousy is a really cool core emotion. It's based in fear, and it informs future planning. But it also has an element of maintaining now expectations. Jealousy informs self protection, because babies need mamas, and mamas raise kings. I can see the evolutionary purpose of this. To protect the species, the mother has to protect herself by all means. And jealousy is the radar to detect threat.
We don't live on the savanna anymore. But it makes sense that jealousy, her cousin envy, rage, anger continues to flow so easily in the person female.
But mostly I'm grateful for your writing.
Jealousy is fascinating because it's an emotion that everyone has to some degree but not everyone will admit it. I equate jealousy with fear - fear that you will lose something you value to someone else. And your comment made me connect the two. Fear keeps us alive. More so when we were on the Savanna avoiding predators but still important for survival. I always enjoy your comments!