I've known one or two male jerks in my life, but when it comes to individuals who'll eternally nurse a grudge and eagerly destroy your reputation and self-esteem and career over the tiniest perceived slight, I could name quite a few women.
You would like the writings of Phillip Stanhope, better known as the Earl of Chesterfield, and the letters to his son.
"My Dear Boy; Women, then are only children of a larger growth;......but for solid reasoning, and good sense, I never knew one in my life that had it,"....
Letter dated 05 Sept. 1748.