Psychologists have been arguing about the nature of envy and gloating for a long time.
Some believe that envy underlies gloating, others are sure that these feelings are not connected with each other. A study by a group of Dutch scientists led by Dr. Wilco van Dijk (Wilco van Dijk) showed that envy becomes «black», giving rise to gloating, only when the person and the object of his envy are of the same sex. And in relation to persons of the opposite sex, there is no such dependence.