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Here I study a question: "How to subdue people?"
I discuss sociology of dominations and history of reputation.
(I purposely do not propagate news.)

Banner: sepia photo of a 26-year-old facing the camera – Hannah Arendt in 1933

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estelle, to college
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"Dear members of the University community,

"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them.

“We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different."

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-message-from-the-chancellor-on-the-recent-student-protest

estelle, to mentalhealth
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The social norm is constructed: not naturally occurring but created by the society in which it is found.
Hence there are no actions which in themselves are inherently or universally condemned by all societies at all times. Deviance is thus situational and contextual.

🧶 @sociology @socialpsych

estelle,
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Rough contact and impact peak around the age of seven. This is gradually replaced by peer monitoring in the years that follow.

Isabelle Clair: "Adolescence is a very normative age. At middle school, "there's a very tough relationship to what's the right thing to do".

Margot Déage: "Physical violence is much more prevalent in elementary/primary school, then decreases in middle school, and progressively through high school."

(fr) https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/france-culture-va-plus-loin-l-invite-e-des-matins/violences-au-college-e-reputation-et-mauvais-genre-5265267

estelle,
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Margot Déage: "A girl who does not belong to a boy or a man can fall into the category of whore at any time, whatever her clothes or sexual practices."

Margot Déage: "Being in a position to say who’s a whore and who’s a good girl is a power in itself within the girls’ group, a power that is strongly mobilised by certain girls. The ones who can fall, in general, are the hardest on the matter."

(fr) https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/france-culture-va-plus-loin-l-invite-e-des-matins/violences-au-college-e-reputation-et-mauvais-genre-5265267

estelle,
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"It’s difficult to talk about in absolute terms. What is considered virile depends on social background and age. In my survey, being meant asserting one’s body and physical strength, and accepting sexist insults. Younger people in particular anchor manliness in their bodies in this way. For older men, manliness can be achieved through professional integration. In the end, what is defined as manly is always defined in opposition to ; so being manly is the obligation not to oneself."

"Dominance over girls is expressed in many ways. In adolescence, it manifests itself in the direct control of their sexuality (or any outward sign of sexuality, such as dress, geographical mobility and any form of communication with boys). As a result, they are the focus of that place them in two radically opposed categories: "good girls" and "whores"."

Isabelle Clair, "Les jeunes et l’amour dans les cités" (2008)

@edutooters @patriarchy

estelle,
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"If a young woman does not follow the social injunction to have feelings in a sexual relationship, she knows that she risks being called to order, being punished. Or to feel shame or guilt. This burden of the social norm is primarily internalised."

"There is, in all circles, the threatening 'spectre of the faggot'. The determination to appear as 'a man, a real man' and secure one's masculinity, while escaping suspicion of homosexuality, which is considered demeaning and dangerous. Some gay boys from privileged backgrounds have told me that they were in a relationship with a girl at school to give the impression, to cover their tracks."

An interview with Isabelle Clair, in 2023 (fr) https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/sexualite/entretien-des-lage-de-15-ans-on-reve-detre-en-couple-explique-cette-sociologue-2fee21ae-cc7e-11ed-8144-e74efc02d2d3 @sociology

estelle,
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"If a young woman does not follow the social injunction to have feelings in a sexual relationship, she knows that she risks being called to order, being punished. Or to feel shame or guilt. This burden of the social norm is primarily internalised."

"There is, in all circles, the threatening 'spectre of the faggot'. The determination to appear as 'a man, a real man' and secure one's masculinity, while escaping suspicion of homosexuality, which is considered demeaning and dangerous. Some gay boys from privileged backgrounds have told me that they were in a relationship with a girl at school to give the impression, to cover their tracks."

An interview with Isabelle Clair, in 2023 (fr) https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/sexualite/entretien-des-lage-de-15-ans-on-reve-detre-en-couple-explique-cette-sociologue-2fee21ae-cc7e-11ed-8144-e74efc02d2d3 @sociology @edutooters

estelle, to mentalhealth
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The social norm is constructed: not naturally occurring but created by the society in which it is found.
Hence there are no actions which in themselves are inherently or universally condemned by all societies at all times. Deviance is thus situational and contextual.

🧶 @sociology @socialpsych

eric, to IsraelPalestine
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is traditionally used in France to reduce the moth population.

Only a small proportion of French Jews emigrate to . These Binationals are subject to compulsory military service.

This army prepared and launched the first in 2021: https://techhub.social/@estelle/111510965384428730

A development team has designed a more efficient product, which a Frenchman has suggested calling Lavander: https://techhub.social/@estelle/112220409975979758 @palestine

estelle,
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@argumento @eric @palestine

It is infuriating and certainly not funny.
Some citizens say that the army has to go periodically "mow the lawn". It reflects an awful colonial mentality.

Now the society has increased another step and decided of .
A cynical Frenchman chose an eradication image: .

Zionists have their own images. Sorry.

estelle, to random
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"Nothing alienates us from ourselves and the world more disastrously than to spend our lives, now almost constantly, in the company of these deceptively intimate beings, these phantom slaves whom we bring into our living room with a hand numbed by sleep - for the alternation of sleep and wakefulness has given way to the alternation of sleep and radio - to listen to the broadcasts in which, the first fragments of the world we encounter, they talk to us, look at us, sing to us, encourage us, console us and, without relaxing or stimulating us, set the tone for a day that will not be our own. Nothing makes self-alienation more definitive than continuing the day under the aegis of these apparent friends: for afterwards, even if the opportunity arises to enter into relationship with real people, we prefer to remain in the company of our portable chums, our portable buddies, since we no longer feel them to be ersatz people but real friends."

Günther , "The of Man", 1956

estelle,
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"It is not only its use, but itself that already constitutes domination (over nature and over people), a domination that is methodical, scientific, calculated and calculating. It is not only after the fact, and from outside, that certain ends and interests specific to domination are imposed on technology - these ends and interests are already part of the constitution of the technical apparatus itself. From the outset, technology is an entire socio-historical project."

from Herbert Marcuse, taken from his and , 1964

@socialpsych @ethics

estelle, to Humor
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If you show the value of a victim, you feel empathy. This increases the desire for equality but you feel bad: it endangers your health.

On the contrary, iIf you stress the mistake of a victim, you protect yourself: you feel like it should not happen to you. Society supports such detachment if the perpetrator is a white man or a police(wo)man.
Blaming the victim justifies inequality, discriminations, violence by the strongest. It normalizes (adult, white, male or cis) privileges. Therefore it normalizes patriarchy and white supremacy.

estelle,
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Asking people to calm down protects privilege – and silences people who are hurting.

Tone policing: https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/tone-policing-and-privilege/

estelle, to feminism
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In 1910 in Copenhagen, the 2nd International Conference of Socialist Women adopted the idea of an "International Women's Day" from a proposal by Clara Zetkin (German Social Democratic Party), although no date was set.

The "Journal du CNRS" notes that "Women's Day was therefore the initiative of the socialist movement and not of the feminist movement, which was very active at the time". The historian Françoise Picq adds that "it was precisely to counteract the influence of feminist groups on the women of the people that Clara Zetkin proposed this day", rejecting "the alliance with the 'feminists of the bourgeoisie'": https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/journee-des-femmes-la-veritable-histoire-du-8-mars @histodons

#feminism #feminisms #bourgeoisFeminism #socialism #socialDemocracy #socDem #coOpting #InternationalDayForWomenSRights #WomenSDay #tactic #history #WomenSRights #learn #amazing #March8 #historyOfFeminism #SPD #InternationalWomenSDay

estelle, to history
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Edith Margaret , born Edith Margaret Williams, was one of the first female martial arts teachers in Europe. She is known for training a unit of bodyguards in techniques for the Women's Social and Political Union, so that they could respond to physical attacks on them by some anti-feminist men.

@patriarchy

estelle, to uk
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How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper:
(2019) https://www.declassifieduk.org/how-the-uk-security-services-neutralised-the-countrys-leading-liberal-newspaper/

estelle,
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"The bank was robbed yesterday with guns and knives."

‘ Such use of passive voice immerses the reader in details while neglecting the doer of the action’.

Study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364964200_The_Use_of_Passive_Voice_in_News_Reports_for_Political_Purposes

estelle,
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"Rewriting a passive construction to be active almost always makes what you’re saying clearer."

Example: Millions of dollars were embezzled from the company.
Revision: Two executives embezzled millions of dollars from the company.

Eva Parish: https://evaparish.com/blog/how-i-edit#passive-voice
@patrascan @Nazani @technique @writing

estelle, to random
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The terrible human toll in Gaza has many causes.
A chilling investigation by +972 highlights efficiency:

  1. An engineer: “When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed.”

  2. An AI outputs "100 targets a day". Like a factory with murder delivery:

"According to the investigation, another reason for the large number of targets, and the extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza, is the widespread use of a system called “Habsora” (“The Gospel”), which is largely built on artificial intelligence and can “generate” targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds what was previously possible. This AI system, as described by a former intelligence officer, essentially facilitates a “mass assassination factory.”"

  1. "The third is “power targets,” which includes high-rises and residential towers in the heart of cities, and public buildings such as universities, banks, and government offices."

🧶

estelle,
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"Tectonic shifts in Israeli broadcasting have played a key role in shaping the country’s nationalist and militaristic discourse, with Oct. 7 marking their apex."

Eyal Lurie-Pardes: https://www.972mag.com/israeli-tv-hasbara-media-gaza/ @israel

estelle,
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It was easier to locate the individuals in their private houses.

“We were not interested in killing operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity. On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.”

Yuval Abraham reports: https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

(to follow) 🧶 @palestine @israel @ethics @military @idf @terrorism

estelle,
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“The was that even if you don’t know for sure that the machine is right, you know that statistically it’s fine. So you go for it,” said a source who used .

“It has proven itself,” said B., the senior officer. “There’s something about the statistical approach that sets you to a certain norm and standard. There has been an illogical amount of [bombings] in this operation. This is unparalleled, in my memory. And I have much more trust in a statistical mechanism than a soldier who lost a friend two days ago. Everyone there, including me, lost people on October 7. The machine did it coldly. And that made it easier.”

Another intelligence source said: “In war, there is no time to incriminate every target. So you’re willing to take the margin of error of using artificial intelligence, risking collateral damage and civilians dying, and risking attacking by mistake, and to live with it.”

https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ @israel @data

estelle,
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B., the senior officer, claimed that in the current war, “I would invest 20 seconds for each target at this stage, and do dozens of them every day. I had zero added value as a human, apart from being a stamp of approval. It saved a lot of time.”

According to B., a common error occurred “if the [Hamas] target gave [his phone] to his son, his older brother, or just a random man. That person will be bombed in his house with his family. This happened often. These were most of the mistakes caused by Lavender,” B. said.

https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ @israel @data 🧶

estelle, to meta
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The CEO of , Mark , has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives to improve the wellbeing of teenagers on and , sometimes directly bypassing some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company:
https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-campbell-files-lawsuit-against-meta-instagram-for-unfair-and-deceptive-practices-that-harm-young-people

estelle,
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Ben Smith writes about journalism and NYT:
"The Times turned over crucial elements of its reporting on one of the most difficult and sensitive stories it has ever published to amateurs, one of whose social media posts would make reasonable people question her ability to be fair.
"That sounds insane when you say it out loud. Why would you do that?"

"Institutions of all sorts are struggling to win trust in this kaleidoscopic, networked world. If you can’t do the painstaking work of presenting an incontestable truth with absolute confidence, the alternative is humility and an openness to multiple points of view."

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2024/how-the-times-stumbled-on-a-sensitive-israel-story

estelle,
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'It takes a critical eye to understand how reporting can be used to frame events, especially in the Middle East. As most pieces of journalism don’t receive as much scrutiny as “Screams Without Words,” it is our hope that the detailed analysis here offers the reader some tools they can apply to any media they consume.'

Feminist Solidarity Network for Palestine, 2023: https://newyorkwarcrimes.com/how-the-new-york-times-helps-israel-weaponize-rape-allegations-against-palestinians @palestine

estelle, to IsraelPalestine
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University teachers suspended, employees sacked: in , the authorities punish the slightest expression of support for Palestine on social media. In the course of a week, at least 170 people have been arrested for their online activities.
https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-war-political-persecution/

estelle,
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"A vicious campaign by Israeli academia, police, and media to silence the professor shows Palestinians they have no safe place in Zionist institutions."

by a former student: https://www.972mag.com/nadera-shalhoub-kevorkian-israeli-academia/ @israel @academicchatter

estelle, to Quotes
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“Mass discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow. The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in ; instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.”
― Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism"

estelle,
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"We must confess that our adversaries have a marked advantage over us in the discussion. In very few words they can announce a half-truth; and in order to demonstrate that it is incomplete, we are obliged to have recourse to long and dry dissertations."

— Frédéric Bastiat, Economic Sophisms, First Series (1845)

@socialpsych

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