one thing I noticed when I traveled in India - Indian women were much more likely to have each others' back. I'm thinking it's because they mostly did arranged marriages until recently, so they weren't competing for men. They made good alliances. I've also found that when I am dealing with emotionally mature women and women I meet at church, there is less drama and pettiness. But there are many women who are back-stabbers, jealous, etc. If you can find women friends who are NOT like this then they are the best friends in the world. Good women friends are more loyal, more generous and just better friends than men, in general, BUT the caveat is that bad women friends are worse than men. This is all of course just my own experience! Everyone's experience is different....