"My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was," complains Rodney Dangerfield. Jealousy, defined as hostility toward one with an advantage, is a common but multifaceted emotion. Strong jealousy towards someone can show one of three things towards him or her: regard, contempt, or a feeling inferiority.
Respect towards someone is one positive outcome of jealousy. Quite often, when one feels jealousy, he or she wishes for an item or trait that someone else has. …
