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The word stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), in turn from the Greek word ζῆλος (zēlos), sometimes "jealousy", but more often in a positive sense "emulation, ardour, zeal" [14] [15] (with a root connoting "to boil, ferment"; or "yeast").
Greater sexual jealousy seen in American men may be because in American culture, love, sex, family relationships and marriage are strongly connected. [42] So when partners entangle with others, loss of love and relationship and therefore sexual jealousy, are all likely to be felt. [43] Additionally, in Western culture, women are more likely ...
13. "For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge." - Proverbs 6:34. 14. “For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.” - Job 5:2 ...
Pathological jealousy, also known as morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome, or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or romantic partner is being unfaithful without having any real or legitimate proof, [1] along with socially unacceptable or abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts. [1]
Jealousy in religion examines how the scriptures and teachings of various religions deal with the topic of jealousy. Religions may be compared and contrasted on how they deal with two issues: concepts of divine jealousy, and rules about the provocation and expression of human jealousy.
Kate Bernheimer's collection How a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales is an overt ode to the genre, but, at the same time, a revitalizing force that graces the messiness of girlhood with an ethereal air. "I do think it's something that attracts women who want to turn over and examine the stereotypes and the role of women," Sparks said.
The transformation of a phenotypically female child into a phenotypically male adult at puberty, which is reported to be celebrated in Dominican culture, is the result of a genotypic male (with XY chromosomes) born with a deficiency in the enzyme 5α-reductase. 5α-Reductase is responsible for the reduction of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone.
Penis envy stems from Freud's concept of the Oedipus complex in which the phallic conflict arises for males, as well as for females. [8] [9] Though Carl Jung made the distinction between the Oedipus complex for males and the Electra complex for females in his work The Theory of Psychoanalysis, [10] Freud rejected this latter term, stating that the feminine Oedipus complex is not the same as ...