A model of culture and human relations based on partnership, linking, and respect. Women and men are equally valued; both men and women can be nonviolent, empathetic, and caring.
Opposite to Dominator Culture.
In a partnership system...
Humans have many possibilities.
Difference is valued.
Power is used to empower and nurture through hierarchies of actualization.
Competition means striving for excellence.
People cooperate for mutual benefit.
Economic structures are equitable.
Nature is highly valued.
Morality of sensitivity, caring, and respect.
(Based on the Center for Partnership Studies' summary of points from Riane Eisler's _The Power of Partnership_ and David Korten's _The Great Turning_)
Opposite to Dominator Culture.
In a partnership system...
Humans have many possibilities.
Difference is valued.
Power is used to empower and nurture through hierarchies of actualization.
Competition means striving for excellence.
People cooperate for mutual benefit.
Economic structures are equitable.
Nature is highly valued.
Morality of sensitivity, caring, and respect.
(Based on the Center for Partnership Studies' summary of points from Riane Eisler's _The Power of Partnership_ and David Korten's _The Great Turning_)
We, too, in America are in the mist of an revolution. A transformation from a domination culture that views the world as fleeting and open to exploitation, to a partnership culture that wants its society to be permanent and seeks to partner with the world to create harmony.
(Eric Stewart)
(Eric Stewart)
by Grinning Cat March 28, 2013
Get the Partnership Culture mug.The culture started on the Internet of making fun of people and/or insulting them by calling them "cringy" or "cringe" for doing something which doesn't harm or somehow insult anyone nor anything.
(The bad kind of)Edgy 13-year-olds calling people cringy (their holy grail of insults) because of something they enjoy. They got the word "cringy" from LeafyisHere and often use it to feel better about themselves since most of them have crippling depression because of their lack of emotional development or some other insecurity.
(The bad kind of)Edgy 13-year-olds calling people cringy (their holy grail of insults) because of something they enjoy. They got the word "cringy" from LeafyisHere and often use it to feel better about themselves since most of them have crippling depression because of their lack of emotional development or some other insecurity.
I'm so tired of seeing cringe culture on my dash.
Nigga, just let people do what makes them happy; cringe culture's dead.
Nigga, just let people do what makes them happy; cringe culture's dead.
by Edgy and Extra April 14, 2018
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When people on social media make their lives about nothing, like people who make their whole stream about eating fast food. That is nothing culture.
Man 1: Hey look at jimmy's stream, today he is going to buy everything at a McDonalds and then eat it all with his bros!
Man 2: Bro that's just a bunch of nothing culture quit watching that.
Man 2: Bro that's just a bunch of nothing culture quit watching that.
by FertTheTurt April 15, 2023
Get the Nothing Culture mug.A personality type, typically for males, that is a step above being a soy boy, but not quite being an "epic beard/meal time" guy. Usually found on Reddit, will respond to everything with "Oh Wow! That's so AWESOME" or a variation thereof. Examples of Awesome Culture guys include Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shia Lebouf.
Phrase coined by Patrick Doran from Podcast About List (episode 135)
Phrase coined by Patrick Doran from Podcast About List (episode 135)
"So what do you for work?"
"I'm a paralegal."
"WHOA!!! That's awesome!!"
"Oh great. Another one of those awesome culture guys."
"I'm a paralegal."
"WHOA!!! That's awesome!!"
"Oh great. Another one of those awesome culture guys."
by D_Money_68 September 6, 2021
Get the Awesome Culture mug.Did the presenter really just tell that orphan to check his white privilege?
What a culture coward! She’s probably getting paid $10k for this speech…
What a culture coward! She’s probably getting paid $10k for this speech…
by Cinnabuns January 6, 2022
Get the culture coward mug.A model of culture and human relations based on hierarchy, ranking, power, and control. Masculinity is equated with control, conquest, and violence: men dominating women and children.
Opposite to Partnership Culture.
In a domination system...
Humans are flawed and dangerous.
Difference is equated with superiority or inferiority.
Power is used to control and destroy through hierarchies of domination.
Competition means "dog eat dog"; "every man for himself".
People cooperate to dominate others.
Huge gaps between haves and have-nots
Nature is a resource to be dominated, depleted and polluted.
Morality of insensitivity, control, and coercion.
(Based on the Center for Partnership Studies' summary of points from Riane Eisler's _The Power of Partnership_ and David Korten's _The Great Turning_)
Opposite to Partnership Culture.
In a domination system...
Humans are flawed and dangerous.
Difference is equated with superiority or inferiority.
Power is used to control and destroy through hierarchies of domination.
Competition means "dog eat dog"; "every man for himself".
People cooperate to dominate others.
Huge gaps between haves and have-nots
Nature is a resource to be dominated, depleted and polluted.
Morality of insensitivity, control, and coercion.
(Based on the Center for Partnership Studies' summary of points from Riane Eisler's _The Power of Partnership_ and David Korten's _The Great Turning_)
Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others. We are taught that this will to dominate is more biologically hardwired in males than in females. In actuality, dominator culture teaches us that we are all natural-born killers but that males are more able to realize the predator role. In the dominator model the pursuit of external power, the ability to manipulate and control others, is what matters most. When culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent but it will frame all relationships as power struggles.
(bell hooks)
(bell hooks)
by Grinning Cat March 28, 2013
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