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GKW
07-11-2002, 03:50 PM
Why do people find power so attractive (sexually or otherwise)?
Can you separate this attribute from the person's other qualities so that it doesn't play a part in their attractiveness? Do you want to submit to a powerful person or challenge them? Are you naturally mistrustful of a person in power? Hey moderators - do you have to put up with a lot of fawning fan mail or hate mail because of your position? Do you get propositioned because of being a mod?

I was just wondering because when Lynn said
The confusion factor here is pretty high, so I'm gonna close this thread down. Some of you folks might hear from a mod/admin in e-mail.
I thought to myself that she sounded like Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice and in some bizarre way it was kind of sexy!

World Eater
07-11-2002, 03:57 PM
Usually people find power attractive, because it will make them more powerful as well. How about Tommy Mattola & Mariah Carey for an example.

Sue Duhnym
07-11-2002, 04:06 PM
It's not the power that attracts, it's the confidence one gets from having power...that's attractive.

Though I suppose that some people out there are (like gold-diggers) hoping it will get them what they lack.