tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6126865286540168133..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Authentic Authority, or Confirmation Bias?Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-71313337140728383702016-12-15T15:42:53.417-05:002016-12-15T15:42:53.417-05:00Women are raised under a different social incentiv...<i>Women are raised under a different social incentive structure than men, where attitudes of compliance and deference to authority are more encouraged.</i><br /><br />Maybe. But it's not been the case with the women with whom I've been associated, who've been not at all compliant or deferential, with the exception of three abused women--each of whom had developed coping mechanisms that were more deflective than compliant, and who generally stopped being even deflective after they escaped their abusive environments.<br /><br />The anecdotal nature of both sides of this question would tend to support a claim of need for, or at least usefulness of, study. And of the role of abuse--and the type of abuse--in the nature of the attitudes.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com