To echo others, you can’t readily define absolute high or low status behaviors. Here’s the catch, status is like poker. When you make a high status action it’s not immediately asserting high status, it’s making a bid for high status. The game changes depending on who you’re playing against. As anyone who plays poker knows, the same hand will be played completely differently depending on what sort of hands you estimate you’re up against. You might start out modestly, but start getting aggressive when you see how weak everyone else is and vice versa. Others want to make sure that they fold to the actual winning hand and not to a bluff.
edit: I’m sexist and always forget this bit: women and men signal status differently. male status often revolves around displays of abundant resources. female status revolves around altruism (being the “best” caregiver for males and children).
To echo others, you can’t readily define absolute high or low status behaviors. Here’s the catch, status is like poker. When you make a high status action it’s not immediately asserting high status, it’s making a bid for high status. The game changes depending on who you’re playing against. As anyone who plays poker knows, the same hand will be played completely differently depending on what sort of hands you estimate you’re up against. You might start out modestly, but start getting aggressive when you see how weak everyone else is and vice versa. Others want to make sure that they fold to the actual winning hand and not to a bluff.
edit: I’m sexist and always forget this bit: women and men signal status differently. male status often revolves around displays of abundant resources. female status revolves around altruism (being the “best” caregiver for males and children).