Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie… Why Women’s Rivalry Gets Us

Selena Gomez vs. Hailey Bieber. It is the most watched Hollywood drama. A five-star feud that has spawned a galaxy of theories for years. But this alleged feud between young Texan actress, singer and most followed female personality on Instagram Selena Gomez and supermodel Hailey Bieber took a completely different turn on March 24th.

Raised to the extreme against her community, Selena really took to her Insta account to share a strong opinion with her 404 million followers. The object of his anger. For several weeks, many fans of Gomez’s team have been violently attacking the American model Hailey Bieber due to rumors in the background of the women’s competition. “He contacted me and said he had received death threats and disgusting nasty messages. That’s not what I’m advocating. No one should be a victim of hatred or intimidation.” Before graduation. “I’ve always stood for kindness, and I really want this to stop.” If this condemnation of cyberbullying seems helpful to people who don’t know the two young women, it’s actually quite surprising to the rest of the world. Because Selena Gomez isn’t defending her BFF here (good friends forever“best friend forever” in French), but really his (so-called) worst rival.

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The two stars have had a heated relationship for many years and an alleged feud since 2018, when Canadian singer Justin Bieber was in a relationship with Hailey, the niece of Alec Baldwin, who dated the former Disney star for almost eight years. productions. At that time, the fans of the “Jelena” couple felt that the model “stole” Justin from Selena. Conclusion. For five years, this “Syrian” fight in Hollywood has been feeding people magazines and unleashing social networks. Because those concerned may deny it, call for calm, nothing calms the clans formed by their fans, each of whom reveals himself as an investigator and digs up old files about one or the other…

“Women’s competition has captivated crowds for a long time.”

But how to explain such ruthlessness for these stories, which a priori relate to only two? american girls ? “We have to admit it. female competition has captivated crowds since the dawn of time, explains author Racha Belmehdi. Competition, female name (Editions Favre). We love these stories because they bring us closer to our own stories. They touch us, speak to us and, above all, do not directly affect us, like the best fiction or song. THE: cat fights (bun crepes), mud fights and other girly matches remind us nostalgically (or not) of our college years and the hours we spent ahead. teen movies how uninformed Or Lolita against me (movies based on good girl and bad girl pitted against each other). As evidence, these explosive sales, these many comments and these press articles that multiply when Brad Pitt cheats on Jennifer Aniston with Angelina Jolie, when Meghan Markle is accused of making Kate Middleton cry, when Johnny Depp leaves Vanessa Paradis for Amber Heard : The whole world that is torn in two when two women are opposed to each other, and the same world that rejoices when the scorned woman who has our favor avenges the final separation of the callous lovers.

We love these stories because they bring us closer to our own stories

Racha Belmehdi

The fact is, female competition is everywhere. In literature, movies, soap operas, reality TV… And even in music, over the decades we’ve never stopped pitting Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, Madonna and Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry in collision and competition, rightly or wrongly. Perry, Beyoncé and Rihanna, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj…Sisterhood spirit, are you there?

“Make no mistake, men are also in competition,” emphasizes Racha Belmehdi. But for them it is expressed by the desire to assert themselves. These are very rarely stories of jealousy, but rather performance duels, regardless of whether it is about sports activities, professional or romantic life. Men were raised to think that both physical and intellectual struggle was normal, while women learned that it was wrong to want another woman’s, or even a man’s, place. Thus, a man fighting for a girl or a job is always valued, where a woman is often taken as man-eating, opportunistic or even hysterical.

The challenge of social networks

In show business, in literature, in palaces, in sports arenas, even in open spaces, some women are steeped in a culture of competition. Today, the Internet can reinforce this impression, as evidenced by the waves of violent reactions that some personalities provoke in spite of themselves. Worse, TikTok, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram are fueling hatred between rival fan groups. But conversely, social networks can also make themselves major allies in trying to control the encroachments of their best enemy.

Speaking on her Insta, Selena Gomez clearly shows the example of sisterhood and the path of calmness to her millions of followers, who are mostly quite young and impressionable. An approach hailed by Hailey Bieber. “I want to thank Selena Gomez for the speech, she and I discussed how we can deal with these stories. These last few weeks have been very difficult for everyone involved, millions of people are witnessing so much hate and it is very sad.” And to calm the anger haters, the singer even decided to follow the account of Justin Bieber’s wife, thus rising from the uncertainty of the Internet and rejecting the female competition that society likes to maintain. It is much more classy to treat others with respect.