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czarski -> RE: The "Feminine" behaviour of powerless people? (5/13/2013 6:35:32 PM)
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the most "feminine/powerless" discourse I ever heard is Obama's. Now, when he's READING from teleprompter speeches written by his stuff (and I assume the early Obama was mostly David Axelrod), he sounds almost prophetic (albeit still vapid in terms of content). But when his words come from his own head....it feels like he's trying to make sure he can later retract anything he said. Constant modifiers.... softening everything into jelly... being apologetic... It's like the teleprompter is his dick, and taking it away is castration.
Regarding the gender/power question.... Male and female behavioral differences are observable in every mammalian specie, and in 95% of cases (species, that is), masculine behavior is dominant. We as a society decided to abolish that, but it will be a while before we succeed. Ask a woman to produce a dominant gait.... she will walk like a man, with wide steps and swinging shoulders. This research is sensationalizing the obvious. Though the part about "warm, sensitive.., supportive" as attributes of "the powerless" is hogwash. Some of the most powerless people are also the most cruel; unless you're talking about the situation of FACING power, in which we all tend to be "warm and sensitive".
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