Anyone who has been around women a lot can confirm this. Women, especially younger female social circles have a extremely brutal vetting process when it comes to their friends dating men. And I'm not talking about vetting toxic personalities here, I see a lot of times a woman would find a man attractive, that woman would like to know that man, but the guy doesn't live up to the taste of her friends' circle and her friends will do everything to shut-down that crush with constant nagging, snarky comments, even threatening to end friendships over it. Then the girl is put in a ungrateful position: choosing between her friends or pursuing the guy she likes.

I'm willing to bet a lot of PPD women had had a similar experience with their friends. The question is now what is the logic behind this? Why are women bullying each other into pursuing the same type of men they all agree are attractive? Instead of eliminating competition they are intensifying it.