tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post7055477202309808902..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: On Socially Confident Women 2: or How I Decided that Professor X was Having an Affair with his SecretaryDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-33166547276067998362009-02-19T22:35:00.000-05:002009-02-19T22:35:00.000-05:00You are of course correct...it's been a long day.N...You are of course correct...it's been a long day.<BR/><BR/>No, I meant cat 3. You said <I>"Category 3 is possible, but statistically unlikely."</I> I'm just suggesting that it is not as unlikely as you think. Is it possible that normal social confidence looks like "outsized social confidence" from your vantage point? <BR/><BR/>Also, I think your Amish girls might belong to category 5, but in a slightly different way. They're not "attached" in that they're married but they probably find themselves to be "off the market" because of their obvious difference of religion/society. So they can let their guard down because they don't have to worry about how people will take them.<BR/><BR/>In any event, interesting thoughts. I've been following your beta & female psychoanalysis for a little while (I'm somewhat beta myself) but haven't had the time to respond with clear thoughts. Thanks for letting me comment.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644557735209287031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-32028684387834014702009-02-19T17:28:00.000-05:002009-02-19T17:28:00.000-05:00I agree, but I would say that some people have mor...I agree, but I would say that some people have more natural expressive of warmth than others. I can be a very warm person, but expressing that with people I don't know can be something of a drain. I don't know whether it's biological (introverted like Dad) or whether I consider warmth to be a sort of vulnerability that increases my anxiety and drains me. But I do think that such things come very naturally to some people. <BR/><BR/>My mother would warmly greet a light-post if she felt that the light-post would understand and that she wouldn't be carted off to a mental ward.trumwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156143676616919381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-62526850334592721712009-02-19T16:31:00.000-05:002009-02-19T16:31:00.000-05:00Erik: it's Greek, not Latin. And in reference to...Erik: it's Greek, not Latin. And in reference to my luck, did you mean to say category 1?<BR/><BR/>Trumwill: I would even go so far as to say that <I>most</I> women have the capacity for warmth, but that the <I>expression</I> of that warmth is highly situation-dependent. It's the rare woman who overcomes her situation to be warm anyway.Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252946969701576139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-55445388987383332362009-02-19T15:07:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:07:00.000-05:00Sorry, mixed my Latin.Please replace all reference...Sorry, mixed my Latin.<BR/><BR/>Please replace all references to Σ with Φ.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644557735209287031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-71452582563398306342009-02-19T15:05:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:05:00.000-05:00As Category 3 is not as unlikely as Σ thinks, Σ is...As Category 3 is not as unlikely as Σ thinks, Σ is either overly pessimistic, unlucky, or perhaps both.<BR/><BR/>What does Mrs. Σ think?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644557735209287031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-67605341151240634872009-02-19T00:25:00.000-05:002009-02-19T00:25:00.000-05:00Category 3a. Some people I think have a natural wa...Category 3a. Some people I think have a natural warmth and it's a question of whether or not circumstance sucks it out of them.<BR/><BR/>She could be in that category.trumwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156143676616919381noreply@blogger.com