Dominance | Clarissa's Blog
If you were born in Africa, you would know the whole of the society bends to these laws of primal social dominance, even in relation to the authorities of the law. You need to be able to hold your stance ande bluff your way through at times. This comes very naturally to me, with animals as well as people in that context. A huge part of social attitudes and behavior there are based on bluff. I guess that was related to the war, too. Otherewise people push you around at check points and so on. And of course I rode horses and played with animals -- and yes, you learn that how you posture is very important, for instance never run away from a large, aggressive dog (as many of them were) or they will chase you. Even if a lion chases you, stand still and once it is close up, flick it really hard on the nose with a piece of cloth. These were the sorts of thigns we were taught.
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