Dominance Relationship

A Dominance Relationship is a social relationship that establishes power differential between interacting individuals (where one individual exerts control over another through dominance behavior).

• AKA: Power Relationship, Status Relationship, Dominance-Subordination Dynamic.
• Context:
  • It can typically establish Dominance Pattern through dominance signal exchange and dominance response pattern.
  • It can typically create Dominance Resource Control through dominance-based priority access and dominance enforcement mechanism.
  • It can typically determine Dominance Social Status through dominance contest outcome and dominance interaction history.
  • It can typically influence Dominance Behavioral Response through dominance submission elicitation and dominance threat display.
  • It can typically maintain Dominance Stability through dominance consistent reinforcement and dominance recognition signal.
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  • It can often involve Dominance Physical Expression through dominance posture adoption, dominance space control, and dominance physical intimidation.
  • It can often utilize Dominance Communication through dominance vocal signal, dominance facial expression, and dominance gestural display.
  • It can often affect Dominance Physiological State through dominance stress hormone level and dominance neurochemical change.
  • It can often shape Dominance Cognitive Processing through dominance attention allocation and dominance decision influence.
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  • It can range from being a Temporary Dominance Relationship to being a Persistent Dominance Relationship, depending on its dominance interaction frequency.
  • It can range from being a Mild Dominance Relationship to being an Intense Dominance Relationship, depending on its dominance expression intensity.
  • It can range from being a Contextual Dominance Relationship to being a Generalized Dominance Relationship, depending on its dominance context specificity.
  • It can range from being a Consensual Dominance Relationship to being a Coercive Dominance Relationship, depending on its dominance agreement level.
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  • It can establish Dominance Interaction Pattern where the dominant individual consistently influences the behavior, resource access, and movement freedom of the subordinate individual.
  • It can function as Dominance Social Structure Foundation by creating the building blocks that aggregate into broader dominance hierarchy systems within social groups.
  • It can reflect Dominance Evolutionary Strategy through dominance reproductive advantage that increases fitness for the dominant individual at the expense of the subordinate individual.
  • It can manifest Dominance Cultural Expression through dominance cultural norms that prescribe acceptable dominance behavior in different social contexts and cultural settings.
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• Examples:
  • Dominance Relationship Context Types, such as:
    • Animal Dominance Relationships, such as:
      • Alpha-Beta Wolf Dominance Relationship with dominance pack position maintenance.
      • Matriarchal Elephant Dominance Relationship with dominance experience-based leadership.
      • Primate Male-Female Dominance Relationship with dominance sexual dimorphism expression.
    • Human Dominance Relationships, such as:
      • Parent-Child Dominance Relationship with dominance developmental guidance function.
      • Teacher-Student Dominance Relationship with dominance knowledge transfer structure.
      • Employer-Employee Dominance Relationship with dominance organizational authority pattern.
      • Coach-Athlete Dominance Relationship with dominance performance improvement direction.
  • Dominance Relationship Manifestation Types, such as:
    • Physical Dominance Relationships, such as:
      • Combat Sport Dominance Relationship with dominance skill-based superiority.
      • Physical Bullying Dominance Relationship with dominance intimidation tactic.
    • Psychological Dominance Relationships, such as:
      • Social Bullying Dominance Relationship with dominance exclusion strategy.
      • Gaslighting Dominance Relationship with dominance reality distortion technique.
    • Social Dominance Relationships, such as:
      • Celebrity-Fan Dominance Relationship with dominance admiration dynamic.
      • Political Leader-Citizen Dominance Relationship with dominance authority representation.
    • Sexual Dominance Relationships, such as:
      • BDSM Dominance Relationship with dominance consensual power exchange.
      • Patriarchal Marriage Dominance Relationship with dominance traditional gender role.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Egalitarian Relationship, which lacks dominance power differential and operates through mutual decision making rather than dominance-subordinance pattern.
  • Reciprocal Cooperation Relationship, which establishes mutual benefit rather than dominance unequal advantage and involves balanced contribution instead of dominance control dynamic.
  • Temporary Association, which lacks dominance relationship persistence and dominance pattern establishment necessary for dominance relationship formation.
  • Neutral Social Contact, which involves interaction without dominance and lacks dominance signal exchange or dominance behavioral response.
  • Communal Sharing Relationship, which emphasizes equal resource access rather than dominance-based priority and operates on need-based distribution instead of dominance control mechanism.
• See: Abusive Power And Control, Dominance Hierarchy, Expressions of Dominance, Dominance And Submission, Social Dominance Theory, Social Dominance Orientation, Dominance (Ethology), Power Dynamic, Status Relationship, Dominance Signal, Submission Behavior.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance#Social_relationships Retrieved:2017-11-4.
  • Dominance hierarchy or social hierarchy, an organizational form by which individuals within a community control the distribution of resources within the community
  • Expressions of dominance in human relationships in general
  • Dominance and submission, set of behaviors, customs, and rituals in an erotic or lifestyle context
  • Social dominance theory.
  • Social dominance orientation.
  • Abusive power and control

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance#Biology Retrieved:2017-11-4.
  • Dominance (ethology), in animal behaviour and anthropology, the level of social status relative to other individuals
  • Dominance (ecology), the degree of predominance of one or a few species in an ecological community
  • Dominance (genetics), a relationship between the effects of different versions of a gene

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance#Mathematics Retrieved:2017-11-4.
  • Strategic dominance, a method of simplification for games.
  • Stochastic dominance, a situation in which one lottery (a probability distribution of outcomes) can be ranked as superior to another, with only limited knowledge of preferences
  • Dominance order, a partial order.

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