We Don’t Want To See Kim And Kourtney Feuding Anymore on ‘The Kardashians’

Audiences have had enough of the sibling rivalry between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian. After a gazillion seasons fans are over the sister squabbles.

Anyone with sisters can understand the sibling rivalry often portrayed on the reality series, The Kardashians. Besides five complicated female personalities, the dynamic of sibling birth order is in full effect with Kris Kardashian’s brood. Medpsyche.net breaks down psychologist Frank Sulloway’s infamous theory on how birth order affects personality traits. “Sulloway’s niche differentiation theory of birth order effects suggests that successive children are most different from the sibling preceding them in an attempt to be unique, and obtain attention, resources. etc. From this perspective, personality is a strategy that shapes how you interact with the world around you,” shares Dr. Catherine Salmon, professor of psychology at the University of Redlands and co-author of The Secret Power of Middle Children. “Birth order differences are thus shaped by differences in parental investment and the effects of sibling competition.”

According to Sulloway’s findings, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian would be the most opposite because of their birth order and being a mere year apart. In all the hype surrounding the Kardashian family, few realize that Kourtney and Kim are one year apart. When you add the star factor of Kim’s fame and worldwide appeal, often eclipsing the entire family, but specifically her elder sister Kourtney, it’s easy to see why these two are constantly at odds.

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For Kourtney, to be relegated to her younger sister’s shadow for the last three decades, or at least since the infamous Ray J flick, has to have been a pretty big emotional pill to swallow. Kourtney was the first to have children and to have a longstanding, albeit dysfunctional relationship, yet the spotlight has always been on her sister Kim. There has always been a bubbling undercurrent of sibling rivalry between the two, but as the Kardashian’s left E! and relocated to Hulu, and Kourtney prepared for her high-profile wedding to rock star Travis Barker, their rivalry came to a painful head. 

According to an article on Today.com, psychologists Avigail Lev, Aura de los Santos and Jameca Woody Cooper say the Kardashians’ fight illustrates some truths about sisterly bonds, as Kourtney suggested on the show. Lev and Cooper say sibling fights can be much more “intense” than a disagreement you might have with a friend. Why? It comes down to shared history. “Feuds between sisters are different from those in a friendship and are much more intense,” Lev says, because they touch on “deeper wounds” found in childhood. “They address broader issues and patterns around scapegoating, the golden child, fairness, and cooperation,” she continues. Kourtney addressed underlying dynamics in a tense phone call that started Season 4 of The Kardashians when she leveled with Kim and said, “It’s not about the clothes.” Rather, she was upset about unresolved issues surrounding her wedding and who gets to be the “center of attention,” and when.

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The issues between Kim and Kourtney are much deeper than their superficial spats over who stole ‘Italy’ for their wedding, who worked with designer label Dolce & Gabana first, or even who stole opera singer Andrea Bocelli, whom Kim shared during a confessional, was her favorite male vocalist in the whole world. More than likely, their issues stem back to childhood and Kardashian fans are tired of playing the role of therapist, watching the sisters go back and forth, even taking it to the point of throwing hands like a 4 and 5-year-old in a sandbox.