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Soft mafia describes women who keep
tabs on virtually everyone in their their families, extended families, and sometimes people they are not related to in social groups and at different functions they attend. These women do not mind being backstabbers, being condescending muckrakers, and acting dramatically pragmatic. They are political to the highest degree, usually but not always conservative in their views. In addition to being gossip-mongers, the soft mafia also exert influence to get their allies and friends good professional and social positions. Intelligence and counter-intelligence by electronic and other means fit the soft mafia profile. She will go beyond eavesdropping and tamper with cellular phones and personal or laptop computers, spying on family members whether they are teenagers, older siblings, and their friends or sleepovers. The females in a soft mafia usually run down
their adversaries by talk. The idea of a hit often but is not limited to TV soap opera-style scandalizing, with the explicit purpose of besmirching another woman or man's character or reputation. Acts of mayhem ranging from permitting a dog to excrete on the foe's plants or flowers to getting the person in minor trouble with the law are normal acts of contempt. Conversely, the soft mafia woman or women can or will spread rumors and begin conspiracies to land an ally a good job at a company, and also a position or positions of leadership in civic or clannish organizations in the local community. She will tell half-truths and wildly exaggerate the reputation of the person she wants "in". |
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