What causes jealousy????

Answer 1

Jealousy for me is synonymous with love. You should be happy if your love one get jealous with you because it mean to say that she still loves you. You should be afraid if she will not get jealous eventhough you are showing to her your infedility co'z it means that she is not concern on what you are doing. However, jealousy can sometimes ruin a relationship specially if the person is so irritating on how the way he/she get jealous,

So, in my opinion it is better to get jealous sometimes just to show the guy how much you care and love him but not to the extent of irritating his inner feelings.

Answer 2

Jealousy is caused by the insecurity of the jealous person. Being jealous serves no logical purpose, and although it might occasionally cause the other party to be more secretive or cautious for a while, it will not cause them to love the jealous person more.

The more jealous a person can be, the harder it is to love them.

It is like happens with dogs: the more they bite you, the less you want them as pets.

Jealousy is obviously a holdover from the sexual competition games that animals have: rams and deer butting heads and such.

"Cheating" is a term that comes from the supposition that humans naturally are monogamous. I suggest that there is very strong evidence that this is not true for all humans: many are polygamous, some with the consent of their religions, others without it.

So what are we to do? Analyze every situation, and do what we think brings us the highest degree of peace and satisfaction.

Answer 3

Good question.... can be answered better by differentiating between jealousy and envy.

Jealousy is caused when we feel someone has undeservedly got something that we haven't. It is therefore a combination of a feeling of insecurity and injustice. If we believe the person is deserving, then it causes envy. In the case of jealousy, our typical reaction is to bring down the person's esteem whereas in case of envy we try to bring up our own esteem.

Answer 4

Jealousy requires several conditions. First there must be an individual who shall have the potential to feel envious. Secondly, that person must perceive another individual. It is in comparing oneself to the second individual in which the first individual may develop jealousy. Other preconditions may enhance the changes of the first person to become jealous.
1. Insecurity: when the first individual feels inadequate while comparing his or herself to the second, than that person is more apt to feel envious. In the contrary condition, if the person does not feel in any way 'threatened' by competition, then the first person shall not be as inclined to harbor jealousy.
2. Covetousness: when the individual has a possession or possessions (either a partner, items, or behavioural/ physical attributes and abilities) that he or she perceives may be 'inferior' to the second individual's, then that person may also feel 'jealousy.' This case also demonstrates the potential for a feeling of 'inadequacy'.
3. Another factor involved in enviousness is the potential for selection. An individual may rank her/hisself in comparison to others in a situation where selection is involved, whether it is for a job, a position, or a partnership (girlfriend/boyfriend), etc. In these situations, one's sense of self-worth and self-consciousness may be in the limelight (in anticipation of judgement).
4. Justice: An individual may also feel in ill-comparison with another on account of a sense of fairness. A natual sense of justice is inherint in all human beings (which has been proven in science, although many people may either deliberately fail to acknowledge 'justice' or consider a circumstance or themselves to be exceptions to the rules). When that person perceives another to have 'more' fortune and/or gain but to be deficient in merit, then there is another cause of jealousy. An example is when a hard-working, comely mother may look at a slender, attractive celebrity and pale with envy because the celebrity seems to have the 'easy-life' and many riches 'effortlessly.'
The perception of disparity is fundamental for this case. the celebrity on the other hand may envy the mother because the mother has a loving family while the celebrity has to deal with bad-press and the stresses of 24/7 publicity and little or not privacy.
4. Because perception is one of the contingencies, ignorance is another factor that exacerabates jealousy. Knowledge (when used to achieve an understanding of the lot of other people) contrarily suspends the amplification of ignorance, for if that mother knew the trials and tribulations of the celebrity, than she won't feel so distraught by what she perceives is the 'superior' condition. Likewise, the celebrity may have little comprehension of the domestic work and trevails that the mother endures to keep her faily together.
But ignorance fuels the jealous state since the person that serves as the comparison may seem to have it 'easy' or seem to be 'undeserving'. This consequently may create a positive feedback loop with paranoia.
5. The last condition I shall address pertaining to jealousy is the 'fear of loss.' When someone covets a possession or attachment (like a relationship) and then feels as though they are losing it, the suspicion and unsurety often turns to the direction of paranoid jealousy. This is mostly the result of seeking to fault something external and exonerate the 'self' from culpability, Other factors such as insecurity and the aforementioned also may contribute.

That is the rough assesment.

Answer 5

Jealousy is caused by immature mind which refuses to come in terms with the facts.

Answer 6

Hello Dear =)

Aside from all of the "personality flaw" reasons that one can think of, there is a valid reason that is part of the human biology.

From the male perspective, it is a wish to have our genetic material exclusively carried by "our" women. We historically would run off other males who presented a threat to our "exclusive" sexual relationship with our female mate. In this way, we ensured that our genetic material survived, and that of competitors did not.

From the female perspective, jealousy served the purpose of keeping the male as the "provider/protector" to herself and her offspring. If she felt that her mate was being attracted to another female, she would run her off as well, ensuring that her mate continued providing food, and protection to her and her children.

So, we see that since time immemorial, both sexes have had the built-in capacity to cheat, and both have developed the built-in defense of jealousy to counter it.

If we, as a race ever evolve above "cheating"...well, we will likely also evolve above jealousy, but I doubt that one will happen without the other.

Namaste, and Happy Holidays,

--Tom

Answer 7

Insecurity is the biggest cause of jealousy.

Answer 8

Competitiveness. Constantly comparing yourself to others & feeling you come up short. Insecurity. Self-loathing. Perfectionism. Needing to be the best and feeling resentment toward anyone perceived as better.

It's brutal. It eats you alive.

The key to ending jealousy: acceptance of yourself & others. Stop comparing. Be yourself & let others be themselves. Focus on your strengths rather than your weaknesses. No one is perfect. Even the people who seem to be on the outside. Don't envy others what they have. Work on yourself. You are the only one you have some measure of control over.

Answer 9

Jealousy could be brought about by employing the two with regards to obsession this is ill and hurtful, yet with regards to like this is good. i replaced into consistently jealous of my companions time (previous stressful with the aid of loss of life, no longer splitting up). She and that i've got been consistently collectively, we ought to no longer stand being aside. And we actually kin member yet another, we spent 15 years collectively

Answer 10

Insecurity!