According to Abigail and Cahn, “power is the ability to influence
or control events”. I feel that when there is an unbalance of power in a
relationship, the two individuals are not equal. For example, a relationship
where I had less power was with my mom when I was living with her. If we got
into an argument she would sometimes tell me that if I can’t get along with her,
then I would have to find somewhere else to live. Abigail and Cahn would define
this example as a threat because my mom gave me a statement about my
noncompliance (not getting along with her) with a negative outcome (to kick me
out). This always made me feel uneasy because I would feel uncertain about having
a place to live.
An example of having more power over someone else would be
when I babysit a girl named Ruby. When I am watching her I give her restrictions
on what she can and cannot do.
Hey!
ReplyDeleteI do not like being in an unbalanced relationship, but I feel as if we are constantly in one. Someone will seem to have more power of the other. Sorry about feeling less powerful with your relationship with your mom. I totally know how it feels when someone is using his or her power to threaten me. When I was young, my parents would threaten to kick me out if I did not behave a certain way as well. On the other hand it does feel nice to be the more powerful one. In high school I remember using my power to make the underclassmen do things that I didn’t want to do for me. Anyways, nice post this week!