It's pretty common behavior, but not specifically from women. I think it has more to do with what's currently the popular societal norm than with insecurities that would be born within a person without that outside influence.
Personally I think a lot of our sexual repression and inflexibility in mainstream culture when it comes to polyamory is partly to blame, but mostly it's misogynistic society - which hurts both men and women when it comes to this. Guys are lauded and praised for sleeping around, so they feel pressure to. Girls know this, and they fear it. Girls are drilled every day to learn that their self worth is based on flakey things like looks, status, popularity, knowing what's "in", etc. and it kind of wreaks havoc on the confidence.
These are, of course, generalizations, but the sort of behavior listed in this poll is generalized anyway. There are countless exceptions to the rule, I just think we need more.
Do women really act like this?
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It's pretty common behavior, but not specifically from women. I think it has more to do with what's currently the popular societal norm than with insecurities that would be born within a person without that outside influence.
Personally I think a lot of our sexual repression and inflexibility in mainstream culture when it comes to polyamory is partly to blame, but mostly it's misogynistic society - which hurts both men and women when it comes to this. Guys are lauded and praised for sleeping around, so they feel pressure to. Girls know this, and they fear it. Girls are drilled every day to learn that their self worth is based on flakey things like looks, status, popularity, knowing what's "in", etc. and it kind of wreaks havoc on the confidence.
These are, of course, generalizations, but the sort of behavior listed in this poll is generalized anyway. There are countless exceptions to the rule, I just think we need more.