The `Water for Elephants` star - who recently married Hollywood agent Jim Toth - can`t understand why women have to be so competitive and hates the way people are judged on the way they look.
She said: "When we start measuring women on their appearance? We`re just too hard on each other. Women need to be more supportive of each other, stop tearing each other apart.
"There`s plenty of room for all of us. There`s plenty of men for all of us. There`s plenty of jobs. There`s plenty of room! I really believe it.
"Another actress out there has a number one movie? They`re going to make more movies about women. A female writer sells a script? They`re going to look at another script from another woman. The better one woman does, the better all women do."
Reese - who has children Ava, 11, and seven-year-old Deacon with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe - finds it particularly irritating looking at coverage of awards ceremonies, as men are praised for their talent, while the focus on women is their outfits.
She told Britain`s Elle magazine: "I feel for these women. The guys get dressed and it`s no big deal, and they`re there because they`ve given a great performance.
"For every woman, it is, `What is she wearing?` And none of it is about her performance or how hard she worked - and those are the women who did extraordinary work. I`m not going to lie, it`s fun to watch. But at a certain point, I go, `Wait, strip it all down.`
"These women worked really hard and now it`s reduced to, `She looks frumpy`. How hard we are on people just doing their best."
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