I can also see the women's perspective. As a prostitute you get payed for delivering a presentational self and not a representation of or for self.
Am Montag, 9. Februar 2015 schrieb archytas : > People generally don't talk about what is happening to them like that > Tony. The academic language get so high falutin as to be part of the > deception itself as a weird abstraction. There are some obvious > experiments we do, yet people go away imagining they saw through the > illusion even though we make it plain they didn't. Goffman was quite good > in 'presentation of self' but the real trick would be getting people to > talk about their own experience. My excuse for seeing newsroom women as > 'sex objects' is because they never deliver any news. Some would see this > as an old man's delusion, but I think an entirely different illusion is > created. > > I agree all your points and wonder how long the list would be. > > On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 2:01:36 AM UTC, facilitator wrote: >> >> Sorry to get back on topic but this interests me. >> >> "How are delusions maintained, as in creationism, democracy, free trade, >> markets, the wars on drugs, terrorism and amongst cops, social workers and >> …." >> >> Best way to maintain a delusion: >> >> 1) Numerically. Easier to maintain a delusion when it is held by a >> majority. >> 2) Chronoligically. It has been this way for…. Why would it be >> different now? >> 3) Embellishment. Add a bit of gravitas by associating the delusion >> with prominent figures, scientists, heads of religious orders etc. >> 4) Hide its toxic nature. Keep the poison palatable by mixing with >> enough truth in order to change its color or palatability. >> 5) Multiplicity. Add a delusion to the delusion so the first delusion >> becomes less deniable. >> 6) Serial encryption. Pack the delusion with a series of undeniable >> facts. >> 7) Geographic lamination. Move the context of the delusion so that it >> becomes difficult to challenge. Example: "Finish your vegetables there >> are children starving in China" >> 8) Terminology disassociation. When the government wants to hide it's >> killing of innocent civilians (example: Waco,TX) the name of the living >> quarters changes from school to "compound". >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/minds-eye/2_ICOWzarWY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','minds-eye%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
