https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188692300329X?via%3Dihub

Highlights

•Women use competitor manipulation as a form of intrasexual competition.

•Highly competitive women advised hypothetical salon clients to cut off more hair.

•Women told clients of similar attractiveness as themselves to cut off the most hair.

•Female intrasexual competition may be assortative with respect to mate quality.

•Female intrasexual competition manifests without any contextual cues to mating.

I believe this aligns with previous assertions I have made that women frequently advocate and adopt viewpoints they perceive as personally advantageous in a sexual market place context. While they may be aware of their motivations upon closer examination, these motives are often entwined with various rationalizations and self-deceptions, which serve to mitigate cognitive dissonance