Thinking dialectic

Looking around for an article dealing with imitation as a means of learning, I found this:


Nancy Kline compares what she calls a ‘Thinking Environment’ with ‘Male Conditioning’, as follows:

Thinking Environment........ Male Conditioning
Listen .....................................Take over and Talk
Ask Incisive Questions .............. Know Everything
Establish Equality ................... Assume Superiority
Appreciate .............................. Criticize
Be at ease ............................... Control
Encourage ............................. Compete
Feel ....................................... Toughen
Supply accurate information ... Lie
Humanize the place ................ Conquer the place
Create diversity ..................... Deride Difference

From Kline, Nancy, Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind. London: Ward Lock, 2001, p. 91.