Quotation by

Germaine Greer

Man is jealous because of his amour propre woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

Jealousy

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Germaine Greer suggests that men feel jealousy as a result of their pride and self-importance, while women experience jealousy because they feel they lack that same sense of self-worth. Essentially, men's jealousy comes from protecting their ego, whereas women's jealousy stems from insecurity.

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