It’s a question that resurfaces often, in conversations, online debates, and everyday interactions. Some insist that sisterhood is powerful and thriving. Others argue that rivalry, comparison, or mistrust sometimes get in the way.
To explore this honestly and without stereotypes, I asked several women across our Group what they truly think. Their responses reveal a spectrum of experiences, from deep solidarity to cautious connection, from learned competition to intentional community.
Here’s what they had to say.
Jachima Anikwe – Heirs Insurance
Most women I know love and wholeheartedly champion other women. Those who don’t are often products of their upbringing and environment; it’s rarely a reflection of who they truly are.
Women who grew up surrounded by strong female bonds are naturally more inclined to carry that energy forward. But women who had little female influence growing up may find it harder to extend that same warmth and solidarity. Not out of malice, but because it was never modelled for them.
The real damage is done when girls are taught to see each other as competition. That mindset follows them into womanhood, turning potential allies into adversaries. It starts with what we teach our girls.
When we raise them to see other girls as their greatest support system, supporting one another as women becomes second nature.
Oghenemaro Ebrorhie, Heirs Insurance
Do women like women? Let’s say maybe a 1:99 ratio.
Honestly, not always — sometimes there’s comparison, rivalry, even quiet competition. But often, it’s not dislike; its insecurity shaped by scarcity.
More importantly, women support each other to an incredible degree. They mentor, advocate, recommend, collaborate, and amplify one another’s voices. They celebrate wins, share opportunities, build networks, and create safe spaces for growth. When one woman rises, she often reaches back to lift others.
Nimi Sekerele, Heirs Insurance
Really? What do you think???
Funmilayo Oyekanmi – Avon HMO
Yes! I’ve seen this in many forms like deep female friendships, strong sisterhoods, mentorship relationships, and just a community of women who rally to achieve collective goals. I’m grateful to have women in my life that I consider sisters, accountability partners, mentors, and support systems, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
It’s a real blessing to know that there are people I can count on and can count on me to show true support and cheer you on sincerely, without expectations. Women like women, and I wish more women experience these types of community/friendships.
Chinenye Umeh, Heirs Insurance
From where I stand, yes, we do. We should just show it more and stop forming. Compliment your girls, root for them, cheer them on, loudly and to their faces — even if it gets to their heads. Give them flowers whenever, wherever.
Ivy Ikpeme-Mbakwem, Heirs Technologies
I think, naturally, women don’t automatically like each other. The connection isn’t instant. There’s often suspicion, subtle competition, even a kind of territorial energy at first. Many women see another woman as a potential threat before they see her as a potential friend.
The warmth usually comes later — after conversation, after familiarity, after trust is built. But it’s rarely automatic.
That’s why it can feel difficult. Very few women can meet another woman and immediately say, “Let’s be friends,” without hesitation. There’s often an invisible barrier.
And the irony is, we don’t always realise that we shouldn’t be competing. We should be collaborating. When you look at men, they tend to bond together more easily. They hang out, build networks, close deals, grow in circles. That collective mindset helps them move forward together.
Meanwhile, you’ll hear women say, “I don’t really have female friends,” and it’s almost normalised. But why is that? Why don’t we see more women intentionally coming together, pooling resources, building platforms, supporting each other financially and professionally?
Personally, I’ve worked with many women and I’ve never had issues. Maybe it’s the energy I bring. I focus on helping, coaching, mentoring, and pushing women to be better. And I’ve seen that when trust is built, women can be incredibly supportive of one another.
So perhaps it’s not that women are incapable of liking each other. It’s that the instinct to compete shows up before the instinct to connect — and that’s the part we need to unlearn.
Ego Obiora-Muojekwu, Heirs Technologies
Yes, I believe women do like and support each other.
If you look closely, especially in career spaces and motherhood, you’ll see it happening. In many organisations, particularly in tech and leadership spaces, women who rise to senior positions often make a deliberate effort to support younger women coming up behind them.
Take pregnancy and early motherhood, for example. Many women leaders are intentional about creating support systems during those nine months and beyond — sharing their experiences, offering guidance, and advocating for policies that make it easier to balance family and career. They understand the pressure of trying to build a career while raising a family, so they try to make that path smoother for the next woman.
You’ll often see mentorship programmes, women-in-tech communities, and internal support groups, all designed to help women navigate work–life balance more effectively. That kind of intentional support doesn’t happen by accident.
So yes, I think women do support women. It may not always be loud or visible, but it’s there — especially where there’s shared experience and empathy.
Akachi Chukwuma, Heirs Technologies
Yes, I do think women like each other. Personally, I love women. I love seeing women take up space. I love seeing women win.
I’m very clear about where I stand. I support women — their rights, their ambitions, their growth. If it’s a woman in the room, I’m naturally inclined to stand with her.
Of course, I’m not saying women are always right. There are exceptions. If there’s clear and reasonable evidence that a woman is wrong, then fairness matters. But until that is established, I will lean towards supporting her.
Why? Because whether we admit it or not, women are often considered second. In many spaces — corporate, social, economic — a man is still more likely to be given the benefit of the doubt first. We can talk about equality and progress, but subtle biases still show up.
So, if I have the opportunity to put a woman first, I will. Intentionally.
For me, it’s not blind loyalty. It is conscious solidarity in a world where women still have to work twice as hard to be seen as equal.
Across all these perspectives, one thing is clear: women’s relationships with one another are layered — shaped by upbringing, societal expectations, personal experiences, and intentional choices. While competition and caution exist, so do mentorship, empathy, and powerful networks of support.
If anything, these voices show that women do like women — sometimes naturally, sometimes gradually, and sometimes deliberately. And as more women choose collaboration over comparison, the bonds grow stronger, the communities richer, and the possibilities wider.
Perhaps the real question isn’t whether women like women, but how much more impactful our world becomes when they do — openly, loudly, and without hesitation.
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