This is an instance where I think the ambiguity between prestige status and dominance status is unfortunate, and I’d have written it with a straight up s/status/prestige/.
Well, unless you’d argue that dominance status is involved, in which case nevermind this
I think dominance status is involved. A lot of people would feel uncomfortable wearing unusual clothes in public because they’re afraid of drawing attention to themselves, due to some kind of “people who stick out get beaten down” fear that’s related to dominance dynamics. And they’d be especially afraid of showing the kind of slight smugness described in the post, as that could be construed as a provocation (I think smugness is dominance in general).
This is an instance where I think the ambiguity between prestige status and dominance status is unfortunate, and I’d have written it with a straight up s/status/prestige/.
Well, unless you’d argue that dominance status is involved, in which case nevermind this
I think dominance status is involved. A lot of people would feel uncomfortable wearing unusual clothes in public because they’re afraid of drawing attention to themselves, due to some kind of “people who stick out get beaten down” fear that’s related to dominance dynamics. And they’d be especially afraid of showing the kind of slight smugness described in the post, as that could be construed as a provocation (I think smugness is dominance in general).