Women and the fear of being envied.

Nursing is very much concerned with the health and status of women. Perhaps at the same time we are attempting to work therapeutically with this very large portion of humankind, it would be beneficial for us to more closely analyze our own difficulties as a profession made up almost exclusively of women. What is the relationship between the level of our self-esteem and our problem with envy--envy of and fear of being envied by other nurses and health care providers? In terms of professional achievement, to what extent is fear of success related to fear of being envied? Lastly, if we open the affective windows and allow some honest dialogue to blow through about a subject we tend to repress, will we be able to outgrow our "one-down" position?