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Regarding arrogance as pertains to elderly men de monstrating
their masculinity; it has a lot to do with wanting to be thought
not old. Their habituation of sexist communicative expressio n
has been the language of intra-sexual interaction and
interrelationships throughout their life. Contrarily, another facet
of the elderly personality is their hoping to leave behind some
me mory of his having once been; he'd do anything for the good
of his little darlings. The cuteness of little children is a highly
developed system for triggering the kindnesses bestowed upo n
them by their peers, especially from doting type grandparents .
This untowardly reality has led many parents astray in the
process of inculcating their children with the skills o f
entice ment tanta mount to self-degradation. In a world of gadgets
and materialistic distraction, families abuse their elderly to
serve as their carte blanche.
The laughter of children is contagious; so many things that
seem odd beco me the subject of a joke . Adults can't bring
themselves easily to chastise a toddler for laughing at a man who
spilled hot coffee fro m the table of his wheel chair , shouting in
pain within range of the children he nervously perceives as
misbehaving. Laughter is a defensive reaction to the threa t o f
pain; we want to believe that somebody is not really
experiencing painful circumstances; it's just a joke. Maybe the
closeness to a perceived fear arouses a threat of suffering about
to befall so mebody, and the exploding into laughter a first line
of defense. Where a child wouldn't understand the pain
indicative in the expression that brought about his laughter, the
awareness of an adult makes out as though laughter tantamount
to meanness, an inability to e mpathize in a caring fashion.
Having sight of these sociological considerations, we can pair
them off quickly with the behavior we've evidenced. The old
men don't understand what's going down in their lives any more
than the parents or the toddlers being cuddled. Pubescent girls
need to experiment and learn the effect of flirtations; it's natura l
to practice on grandpa. Dance is necessary to human society;
artistic move ment and harmonious rhythm creates an atmosphere
of joyous human contact for soul -filled refreshment. In different
familial sociological systems, the male adults bathe with, and
cleanse their fe male toddlers; the ethical prerogative is to
express respect fro m the instant a big girl begins to function as
an adult. Not all impulses activated by instinct for pleasure are
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