NEW YORK ( MainStreet) — Men are competitive, self-involved
animals with low self-esteem. Women, on the other hand, are
nurturing, rational human beings loaded with self confidence.
Check the byline. It's a guy writing this. But I didn't do the
research.  More Sex = More Money: A Scientific Breakthrough
Kate Ratliff, Ph.D., of the University of Florida, has done the
research and finds that men may not particularly revel in the
success of wives or girlfriends. In fact, the study, published
by the American Psychological Association, says men's
subconscious self-esteem may be battered when their spouse or
girlfriend succeeds.  "It makes sense that a man might feel
threatened if his girlfriend outperforms him in something
they're doing together, such as trying to lose weight," says
Ratliff. "But this research found evidence that men
automatically interpret a partner's success as their own
failure, even when they're not in direct competition."  In five
separate experiments involving 896 people, the research indic