While Shailene Woodley has the utmost admiration for Jennifer Lawrence, she insists she doesn't want to be compared to the Oscar winner.

And she has a good reason.

"As women, we are constantly told that we need to compare ourselves to a girl in school, to our co-workers, to the images in a magazine," the 22-year-old beauty muses in the latest issue of New York magazine, which she covers with BFF Brie Larson. "How is the world going to advance if we're always comparing ourselves to others? I admire Jennifer Lawrence, but she's everyone's favorite person to compare me to."

"Is it because we both have short hair and a vagina?" she continued. "I see us as separate individuals. And that's important. As women, our insecurities are based on all these comparisons. And that creates distress."