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No it does not. Time is not a dimension that changes depending upon power dynamic.

• lxgr 2y ago
  Time isn't, but punctuality, as a social as opposed to physical phenomenon, most certainly is.
  • pclmulqdq 2y ago
    It's disrespectful to be late no matter the power dynamic. In some power dynamics, it's okay to be disrespectful, though.
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    • ninalanyon 2y ago
      If the social group in question regards 13:00 as meaning between 13:00 and 13:10 then arriving at 13:05 is arriving on time and no one is bothered or inconvenienced. Being late is not simply a property of the clock time but also of the society you are part of. In England arriving early for a dinner party is going to get you at least a dirty look, arriving half an hour late just means that you might miss a pre-dinner drink. In Norway, if you are ten minutes late the host might send out a search party.
      • pclmulqdq 2y ago
        "Late" here means "arriving after the social expectation." In many places in the Americas, you can be (and are expected to be) an hour "late" for a party of any kind. That doesn't mean you are late. In a Western business context, "late" comes about 1-2 minutes after the meeting starts.