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I& #39;m tryin to figure something out so here& #39;s a bunch of words as I try to work through it:
Sometimes, people talk in a group as though they are speaking a podcast at you; I call it & #39;podiuming& #39;; they have interactions with you not to have a discourse, but rather as a bouncing-
Sometimes, people talk in a group as though they are speaking a podcast at you; I call it & #39;podiuming& #39;; they have interactions with you not to have a discourse, but rather as a bouncing-
off to sort of & #39;get out& #39; what they wanted to say. This can be great if done well and the person is interesting, and annoying if they don& #39;t. It& #39;s like they& #39;re giving a speech.
Lately, I& #39;ve been noticing that all the people I find to podium are men, and I& #39;m reorienting to -
Lately, I& #39;ve been noticing that all the people I find to podium are men, and I& #39;m reorienting to -
viewing podiuming as a masculine activity because of this. This is weird!
But then I was listening to a lady talk and she was doing basically the same thing - taking up a lot of space, not "doing discourse", getting a lot of information off her chest, but the feel of it was-
But then I was listening to a lady talk and she was doing basically the same thing - taking up a lot of space, not "doing discourse", getting a lot of information off her chest, but the feel of it was-
really different. She mentioned emotions and sensations far more, she was careful and complimentary and a lot of her speech was much more positively valenced. She was talking about some way of interpersonally seeing the world.
And I& #39;m confused about a few things - one,
And I& #39;m confused about a few things - one,
Why do I feel like podiuming is male, and that she wasn& #39;t podiuming, even though she was doing a lot of similar things?
Podiuming usually annoys me. She also annoyed me a lot. I felt viscerally repulsed by her words.
@rothosphere mentioned this sounded like archetypes -
Podiuming usually annoys me. She also annoyed me a lot. I felt viscerally repulsed by her words.
@rothosphere mentioned this sounded like archetypes -
they were both doing the same type of role (e.g., parent), but with extremely different directions (e.g., father/mother).
Maybe it& #39;s just more infrequent for women to podium? Maybe my sample size is just really low so I& #39;m tryin to spin patterns out of not enough data? -
Maybe it& #39;s just more infrequent for women to podium? Maybe my sample size is just really low so I& #39;m tryin to spin patterns out of not enough data? -
Regardless, I& #39;ve definitely started noticing more gender differences in conversational behavior lately. Men tend to be more aggressive/space taking, and women tend to...
i& #39;m having a lot of & #39;i don& #39;t like women& #39;s tendencies& #39; feelings when writing this tweet rn. -
i& #39;m having a lot of & #39;i don& #39;t like women& #39;s tendencies& #39; feelings when writing this tweet rn. -
I think I feel much less safe around women. I think I anticipate they& #39;re more likely to kick me out of groups or not listen to what I say or make decisions based on interpersonal tides rather than something consistent. I wonder if this is true or just my own biases?
