Polite gestures increase the status of the gesturer and the recipient - but did much more so when the gestures were gendered.
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@sarahdoingthing Suspect politeness acts to pre-communicate who could be relied upon in a fight. Gender-coding contingent on that.
10:30 PM - 15 Dec 2013
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