What you're pointing out is not about size of gap so much as power gradient direction (uphill or downhill relative to local 'normal human')
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Replying to @vgr @jstogdill
As I see it, "power gradient" is just another kind of "gap". If you have more power than me, then you are "unlike me" in that respect.
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Replying to @anaulin @jstogdill
Semantics perhaps, but it seems like a qualitatively different attribute of a gap than other aspects
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Replying to @anaulin @jstogdill
all the usual basic social identity ones: race, gender, age, sexual identity, ethnicity, language, physical appearance...
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power distance is usually a function of all those things and the context of the interaction rather than a fundamental variable
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Replying to @vgr @jstogdill
I agree in theory. In practice, the power of eg a wealthy white anglo man in the US applies in 99% contexts => de-facto fundamental variable
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So much so that there is some evidence that it has long-term effects on cognitive function. See: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/ …
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Replying to @anaulin @jstogdill
My point is you can't directly measure power the way you can skin tone for eg. And it can change by context, so not fundamental in my model.
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Replying to @vgr @jstogdill
I think we disagree on independence (i think language is also a function of power) and on measurability (cannot easily measure race).
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