Thinking about 'negging' & whether it is gendered or gendered in the way people think it is.
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Backhanded compliments & sly digs intended to undermine confidence but concealed in a way that it would seem oversensitive to object to.
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Its been advocated as a nasty dating strategy in order to get a woman w low self-esteem to devalue herself enough to be grateful 4 attention
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But more generally as a way to undermine confidence? Is it something men do to women particularly?
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enough that I know it can't be coincidence. They also both do it to many, many people, not just to me.
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@sophiehannahCB1 Sly digs are meant to hurt, to undermine confidence, to manipulate. And I don't think men are primary culprits here.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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