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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 ...
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").
In one study, men rated photos of ovulating (fertile) women as more attractive, compared to photos of women who were in the luteal (infertile) stage of the menstrual cycle. It is suggested that men are therefore more likely to pursue ovulating women, which become potential threats to their female mates.
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 ...
Hera in turn exacted jealous revenge against her romantic rivals. The examples below come from the Wikipedia article on Hera : Leto – When Hera discovered that Leto was pregnant and that Hera's husband, Zeus, was the father, she banned Leto from giving birth on "terra-firma", or the mainland, or any island at sea.
The jealousy is also an acknowledgement (of sorts) of the tree's love for the man. Jealousy is perhaps the last remaining obvious proof of the tree's reciprocal desire for him; proof which simultaneously bestows upon him the power to provoke her and to 'delight' in the pain he causes by so doing.
Lotus. Believe it or not, lotus flowers grow in the mud. Each night, they return to the mud, and then miraculously re-bloom in the morning. They're a symbol of rebirth, self-regeneration, purity ...
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.