Posted by Dinah on July 23, 2005, at 19:46:55
In reply to Re: gender differences » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on July 23, 2005, at 19:35:18
Is it possible to partially idealize someone? Idealize aspects, perhaps, but not the whole person? I'm not sure that's a gender difference though. I see a lot of men where idealization may be at play.
I was really interested in the top down gender perspective. Whether Dr. Bob saw himself as an alpha male. Whether he thought the role of alpha male may play a part in his perception of interactions with members. I suppose that's impossible to conceptualize without also viewing the bottom up feelings of members that might influence his responses.
Perhaps I feel more comfortable questioning Dr. Bob's responses, because of civility considerations.
But I'm trying to be PC, which means denying the existence of gender differences, much less alpha males. :)
(P.S. I did examine my own self for signs of alpha b*tch. My dogs certainly don't think of me as having any such signs. And I always think of myself more as a submissive spaniel than a dominant guard dog. I see signs of that in my posting style, which tends to contain a lot of qualifiers and apologies. But I'm not sure how accurately I can assess myself.)
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