thread: 2012-06-25 : "Conflict" "Resolution"
On 2012-06-25, Kit wrote:
"Your "conflict resolution" rules can resolve what happens next in the conflict by escalating, clarifying, diverting, or whatever the heck else."
Yes, that. That's something I've been toying with for a bit now, and I think it's part of the core of what underlies "moves snowball".
Re: "masculine" and "feminine"?I totally agree with you! I have lots of reservations about those terms. But hey, I'm a guy, so maybe my reservations count for less in this matter.
In any case, those terms come from reading Tannen when teaching sociolinguistics. The whole "report" v. "rapport" thing. Which is kinda cool, and I believe exists, but is really different from the presentations of masculinity and femininity I grew up with. So.
This makes GW go "What if conflicts don't escalate? What if they fizzle? What happens to the narrative then?"
