Dominants are driven by desire to control, not hostility toward subordinates

Evidence

Allport argued that dominants’ irrational hostility toward outgroups drove them to reject such groups, with the more extreme forms of rejection reflecting the most deep-seated, intense animosity. Evidence suggests instead that dominants who enjoy the benefits of unequal social relations prefer not to manifest hostility and are moved to act inclusively and amicably toward the groups over whom they dominate. Even as dominants must employ some mechanism to differentiate themselves from subordinates and maintain status boundaries, their dependence on those same subordinates for the continued flow of benefits leads them to strive for amicable relations. They are driven not by hostility but by the desire to control subordinates. In this endeavor, dominants adapt their ideological regime to respond to subordinates’ political stance. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 681

Allport argued that dominants’ irrational hostility toward outgroups drove them to reject such groups, with the more extreme forms of rejection reflecting the most deep-seated, intense animosity. Evidence suggests instead that dominants who enjoy the benefits of unequal social relations prefer not to manifest hostility and are moved to act inclusively and amicably toward the groups over whom they dominate. Even as dominants must employ some mechanism to differentiate themselves from subordinates and maintain status boundaries, their dependence on those same subordinates for the continued flow of benefits leads them to strive for amicable relations. They are driven not by hostility but by the desire to control subordinates. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 681

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: A genuinely paradigm-shifting reworking of Allport: the most comfortable form of domination is friendly, paternalistic control — the dominator has no need for hatred at all. This resists one-sentence summary and sits with you.
• XREF: Connects to Jackman’s ‘Velvet Glove’ and Jane Austen’s portraits of benevolent tyranny (e.g. Mr. Knightley), and to Gramsci’s hegemony without coercion. — connects to: The will to dominate presupposes sadism, not vice versa; Essentialist assertions of authority come chiefly from dominant, not marginalized, groups. — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 167; Dominance psychology is older than prestige and runs on fear-based coercion — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 396
• SEED: An essay angle: the psychology of ‘kind’ oppressors — how benevolence itself is a control technology far more stable than hatred.
• corroborated: 6 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 681