> In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But there's coercion and coercion. It doesn't have > to involve a demand for obedience to be coercive when > the power relationship is unequal. In most relationships each party brings different values and dysfunctions. These can and do translate into power dynamics in the relationship -- though they don't necessarily need to be dominant. Thus, per above, most relations have the potential for coercion, if indeed not the regular exercise of it. "No sex if you don't mow the lawn", flaunting education, emphasizing income producing differentials, flirting with others (aka -- "I have other options"), while cliche ridden, are examples of common coercion in relationships. > On the other hand, I can conceive of a woman > saying yes because of the chance to exert her > own power over an authority figure, to turn the > tables, as it were. If you have power over > someone who's powerful, that makes you *very* > powerful. Men aren't the only ones with a > drive for power. I suspect that may well have > been involved with Lewinsky and Clinnton, in fact. Sure, thats evident everywhere. per the skin boy notes -- to the extent they reasonably reflect what happened -- Jennifer had a lot of potential power -- her exit reducing M. to a depressed unmotivated state -- externally at least. How much she exercised is uncertain though appears low-key. > It's very complex. You can't dump it all in one > compartment and slap a single label on it. Yes. Thats why casting all such relations as one-sidedly coercive seems too simple and inacurate. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
