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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 3901889" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p>"The problem for these men is that Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t seem interested in what they think of her. She doesn’t seek attention for anything other than her policy ideas and ambition, even though Americans still seem to dislike <a href="http://gap.hks.harvard.edu/price-power-power-seeking-and-backlash-against-female-politicians" target="_blank">power-seeking women</a>. The typical strategies men use to devalue women ― “sexualizing, dismissing, controlling, teasing, criticizing, interrupting, psychopathologizing, humiliating, abusing,” <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/counseling-keys/201608/the-fear-behind-women-in-power" target="_blank">according to one psychologist</a> ― seem to bounce right off her.</p><p></p><p>Alexandria presents a challenge, because conservative men or men in general who are encouraged to objectify women are attracted to her, but she’s also ‘unmanageable’ in that she doesn’t exist for them,” Heldman said. “She is a woman who not only has now formal power, but a lot of informal power, in that she doesn’t give a damn what they think of her. I think it’s a disconcerting place for men who may be used to attractive women seeking their validation.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 3901889, member: 48469"] "The problem for these men is that Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t seem interested in what they think of her. She doesn’t seek attention for anything other than her policy ideas and ambition, even though Americans still seem to dislike [URL='http://gap.hks.harvard.edu/price-power-power-seeking-and-backlash-against-female-politicians']power-seeking women[/URL]. The typical strategies men use to devalue women ― “sexualizing, dismissing, controlling, teasing, criticizing, interrupting, psychopathologizing, humiliating, abusing,” [URL='https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/counseling-keys/201608/the-fear-behind-women-in-power']according to one psychologist[/URL] ― seem to bounce right off her. Alexandria presents a challenge, because conservative men or men in general who are encouraged to objectify women are attracted to her, but she’s also ‘unmanageable’ in that she doesn’t exist for them,” Heldman said. “She is a woman who not only has now formal power, but a lot of informal power, in that she doesn’t give a damn what they think of her. I think it’s a disconcerting place for men who may be used to attractive women seeking their validation.” [/QUOTE]
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