I think they want approval but yes they compete
Biggest threat to women’s butt hurt feelings ain’t bad men but rather vicious women
Females still in their dating years should ideally have friends similar in attractiveness otherwise jealousy will usually come into play. I had (what I thought was) a best friend in my youth turn on me. I should have seen it coming when she jokingly complained one day that the guys she likes end up asking me out. This, after I turned down the nicest guy in our crowd, out of loyalty to her because I knew she liked him. Never even told her about his asking me out. Anyways not long after that she ended up ignoring me. Walked past my house, I smiled and called out to her, she gave a dirty look and kept on going. We’d had such fun times together and it really hurt me when she did that.