I'm a 32 year old woman who, since I was a child, have been bullied by other women. I have three brothers, so this came as a bit of a shock to me. I wasn't used to woman aggression.
I'm generally kind and accepting to all people, and I am always the one to lend a helping hand. I'm generous with my time and I'm the gal to call if you need a shoulder to cry on. Yet, despite this, I get treated with contempt from many women.
When I was about 10 this happened to me in school. For no reason at all, another girl in my class decided to single me out and excluded me from the whole group of girls. Social ostracism. It crushed my tender, young heart. And confused me too! Fast forward many years, and I have just experienced the same thing in my small network of women who I see at my place of worship. One girl singled me out, and I have lost friends ever since. She's done this to other women before me, so it's not a surprise, but she's still very effective. Many of our shared contacts are "odd" with me now.
They won't get close to me. They treat me coldly.
I am happily married, so we are not competing over men. I'm not sure what the problem is. I don't feel competitive with other women, so I don't understand this dynamic.

What is happening here? Why do women hate other women? And why am I often a target?