On 3-Jan-08, at 6:04 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 11:31:16PM +0100, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote:
Supposedly he is suffering from: Fear of women looking better than
him
and it is clinically relevant.
Is that even possible ?
I don't know the character Denny Crane very well, but I am guessing
that for him, the fear may not not possible (even while, given his
advancing years, women *can* actually look better than him).
On the other hand Kirk, while as vain Crane, and *mostly* confident,
is sometimes allowed to behave in a conflicted and uncertain fashion
even only when under alien influence. And, of course, he has on at
least one episode had his body taken over by a woman. Therefore, I
think this character has the capacity to fear women looking better
than him. The irony is that he has nothing to fear because, in the
world inhabited by Kirk, even from the view of "straight" men, it is
implausible that women could *actually* look better than him. :-)
Even if the fear was normally manageable, and did not normally
interfere with Kirk's daily functioning, as captain a lot of
responsibility is carried, entitling Bones to keep an eye on it and
therefore justifying labeling it clinically relevant.
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