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"I’ve written before on the Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy and power poses—I’ve even tried them out, at some cost to my dignity but gain to my dry-
by jedanbik 13y ago
"I’ve written before on the Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy and power poses—I’ve even tried them out, at some cost to my dignity but gain to my dry-cleaning pickup skills."
So dignity is just for the masculine? It's not masculine to pick up dry cleaning? Is this what the tech community needs? More gender stratification? This is a disgusting article that makes nobody look good.
- brown9-2 13y agoThe article doesn't equate those "power poses" with masculinity, just testosterone (and it's the professor who claims this, not the author).
- jedanbik 13y agoIt's the use of the word "dignity" that upset me. Dignity is a dangerous word to use in an article full of gendered euphemisms.
- aikinai 13y agoI think you misread that statement. She's saying that by doing the power pose, she felt ridiculous (lost her dignity) but was able to convince the cleaners to get her blouse done faster.
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- sp332 13y agoIt is an odd sentiment. She thought the "power poses" were undignified!
- quantumpotato_ 13y agojedanbik, it sounds like they're becoming more successful at dry-cleaning pickup by their "power poses". It reads to me like there's a joke about having a difficult time picking up dry-cleaning.
- defen 13y agoIf you actually read the article linked in the sentence you posted, by the same author no less, you'll see that her statement has literally nothing to do with dignity being just for the masculine, or picking up dry cleaning not being masculine. Furthermore this is a general audience article in Slate - not exactly the "tech community". Everyone uses smartphones these days (for a suitable definition of everyone).