Section I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Maryanne L. Fisher Section II: Theory and Overview Chapter 2: Competition throughout Women's Lives Bobbi Low Chapter 3: Sexual Competition Among Women: A Review of the Theory and Supporting Evidence Steven Arnocky & Tracy Vaillancourt Chapter 4: Female Intrasexual Competition in Primates: Why Human's Aren't as Progressive as We Think Nicole Scott Section III: Social Status and Aggression Chapter 5: Feminist and Evolutionary Perspectives of Female-Female Competition, Status Seeking, and Social Network Formation Laurette T. Liesen Chapter 6: Adolescent Peer Aggression and Female Reproductive Competition Andrew C. Gallup Chapter 7: Cooperation Drives Competition among Tsimane Women in the Bolivian Amazon Stacey L. Rucas Chapter 8: Competition Between Female Friends Chenthila Nagamuthu & Elizabeth Page-Gould Chapter 9: The Element of Surprise: Women of the Dark Triad P. Lynne Honey Section IV: Communication and Gossip Chapter 10: Competitive Communication among Women: The Pretty Prevail by Means of Indirect Aggression Grace Anderson Chapter 11: Gossip and Competition among Women: How "The Gossip" Became a Woman and how "Gossip" Became Her Weapon of Choice Francis T. McAndrew Chapter 12: Women's Talk? Exploring the Relationship Between Gossip, Sex, Mate Competition, and Mate Poaching Katelin Sutton & Megan J. Oaten Chapter 13: Informational Warfare: Coalitional Gossiping as a Strategy for Within-Group Aggression Nicole H. Hess Section V: Mate Availability and Mating Relationships Chapter 14: Do Women Compete for Mates When Men are Scarce? Sex Ratio Imbalances and Women's Mate Competition Cross-Culturally Emily Stone Chapter 15: Operational Sex Ratio and Female Competition: Scarcity Breeds Intensity Haley M. Dillon, Lora E. Adair, & Gary L. Brase Chapter 16: The Influence of Women's Mate Value on Intrasexual Competition Maryanne L. Fisher & Ana Maria Fernandez Chapter 17: Single and Partnered Women: Competing to Obtain and Retain High Quality Men Gayle Brewer Chapter 18: I'll Have Who She's Having: Mate Copying, Mate Poaching and Mate Retention Lora E. Adair, Haley M. Dillon, & Gary L. Brase Chapter 19: Intrasexual Mate Competition and Breakups: Who Really Wins? Craig Morris, Melanie L. Beaussart, Chris Reiber, & Linda S. Krajewski Section VI: Endocrinology and Psychobiological Considerations Chapter 20: Psychobiological Responses to Competition in Women Raquel Costa, Miguel A. Serrano, & Alicia Salvador Chapter 21: The Endocrinology of Female Competition Kelly Cobey, & Amanda Hahn Chapter 22: The Effect of Fertility on Women's Intrasexual Competition Lambrianos Nikiforidis, Ashley Rae Arsena, & Kristina M. Durante Section VII: Health and Aging Chapter 23: Social Aggression, Sleep and Wellbeing among Sidama Women of Rural Southwestern Ethiopia Alissa A. Miller & Stacey L. Rucas Chapter 24: Is Female Competition at the Heart of Reproductive Suppression and Eating Disorders? Catherine Salmon Chapter 25: Moderation of Female-female Competition for Matings by Competitors' Age and Parity Melanie MacEacheron & Lorne Campbell Section VIII: Motherhood and Family Chapter 26: Competitive Motherhood from a Comparative Perspective Katherine A. Valentine, Norman P. Li, & Jose C. Yong Chapter 27: Cooperative and Competitive Mothering: From Bonding to Rivalry in the Service of Childrearing Rosemarie I. Sokol-Chang, Rebecca L. Burch & Maryanne L. Fisher Chapter 28: Conflicting Tastes: Conflict Between Female Family Members in Choice of Romantic Partners Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair & Robert Biegler Chapter 29: Darwinian Perspectives on Women's Progenicide Alita J. Cousins & Theresa Porter Section IX: Physical Appearance Chapter 30: The Causes and Consequences of Women's Competitive Beautification Danielle J. DelPriore, Marjorie L. Prokosch, & Sarah E. Hill Chapter 31: Ravishing Rivals: Female Intrasexual Competition and Cosmetic Surgery Shelli L. Dubbs, Ashleigh J. Kelly, & Fiona Kate Barlow Chapter 32: Intrasexual Competition Among Beauty Pageant Contestants Rebecca Shaiber, Laura Johnsen & Glenn Geher Chapter 33: Fashion as a Set of Signals in Female Intrasexual Competition Laura Johnsen & Glenn Geher Section X: Competition in Virtual Contexts Chapter 34: Female Virtual Intrasexual Competition and its Consequences Jose C. Yong, Norman P. Li, Katherine A. Valentine, & April R. Smith Chapter 35: Facebook Frenemies and Selfie-Promotion: Women and Competition in the Digital Age Amanda E. Guitar & Rachael A. Carmen Chapter 36: Women's Use of Computer Games to Practice Intrasexual Competition Tami M. Meredith Section XI: Competition in Applied Settings Chapter 37: The Buzz on the Queen Bee and Other Characterizations of Women's Intrasexual Competition at Work Lucie Kocum, Delphine S. Courvoisier, & Saundra Vernon Chapter 38: Food as a Means for Female Power Struggles Charlotte J. S. De Backer, Liselot Hudders, & Maryanne L. Fisher Chapter 39: Evolution of Artistic and Aesthetic Propensities through Female Competitive Ornamentation Marco A. C. Varella, Jaroslava Varella Valentova, & Ana Maria Fernandez Chapter 40: "Playing Like a Girl": Women in Competition in Sport and Physical Activity Hayley Russell, Julia Dutove, & Lori Dithurbide Section XII: Conclusion Chapter 41: Conclusion Gregory Carter & Maryanne L. Fisher