Pt5: Women Are Low Status - by Aella - Knowingless
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anna delvey, narcissism, and the queen from bridgerton
Status is, of course, other people knowing that you have what they want. A king is high status; he has great ability to achieve things he wants, and people knowing this causes them to obey him in exchange for access to more things they want. But in sex as a status game, I talked about status as something you can play. You can play high by teasing a friend - “You cooking dinner tonight? Remember, the smoke alarm isn’t a timer.” and they can play high by refusing to cede frame “If I haven’t made the smoke alarm go off then am I really doing my job?”, or low by ceding frame “Hey now, I’ve…
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