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"Do I treat the housekeeper less than the doctor?"

Hypersonic

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Has anyone here contemplated on social behavior and how people treat spe ific persons pubically based on their occupation? For example I notice at my hospital nurses often treat firemen and police officers different than our security personnel and cleaning crew. It seems that jobs that are less dangerous or jobs that are authoritarian are seen differently in society and that perception follows through with how personnel is treated accordingly. In the sense depending on occupation there seems to be a prioritized behavioral ladder people have towards certain members of a specific job. Even on a romantic level some women may prefer a cop as opposed to someone who works at a starbucks due to the perception that a wage job and the lack of danger is less appealing as opposed to a cop.

Does anyone have any theory as to why we have this behavioral phenomena on how we treat members of a specific occupation differently?
 
Pack dynamics. That said, I was raised to treat everyone the same. Doctors and teachers got a little extra respect because of their essential service. By that I mean, one heals your body, the other watches out for you and educates. Can't imagine having a housekeeper.
 
Probably a balance of power kind of thing. Your housekeeper is in your employ and while the doctor techincally is too, he or she is the one with the expertise you don't have. That said, I cannot stand it when I see arrogant pricks (I'm speaking generally, not saying this is true of the OP at all) abuse or dismiss people because they have a "lessor" job. I've seen some of my co-workers treat the janitorial staff like that. I try to be really careful to not be that way.
 
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Has anyone here contemplated on social behavior and how people treat spe ific persons pubically based on their occupation? For example I notice at my hospital nurses often treat firemen and police officers different than our security personnel and cleaning crew. It seems that jobs that are less dangerous or jobs that are authoritarian are seen differently in society and that perception follows through with how personnel is treated accordingly. In the sense depending on occupation there seems to be a prioritized behavioral ladder people have towards certain members of a specific job. Even on a romantic level some women may prefer a cop as opposed to someone who works at a starbucks due to the perception that a wage job and the lack of danger is less appealing as opposed to a cop.

Does anyone have any theory as to why we have this behavioral phenomena on how we treat members of a specific occupation differently?

You treat your doctor and your housekeeper EXACTLY the same, they both work for you...
 
Everyone has it in them to respect and follow authority as an instinct. Some have it stronger than others. That is why, for example, you will find a person playing a uniformed cop at a strip club, but not someone playing a detective. Both are police, but one shows the "peacock feathers" if you will.
 
Pack dynamics. That said, I was raised to treat everyone the same. Doctors and teachers got a little extra respect because of their essential service. By that I mean, one heals your body, the other watches out for you and educates. Can't imagine having a housekeeper.

Interesting...Can you define "pack dynamics" for those of us that don't know?
 
You treat your doctor and your housekeeper EXACTLY the same, they both work for you...

I agree, but society does not see it that way. On a level of importance society sees housekeeping a lesser job, therefore behavior follows through.
 
judges, police, lawyers get special treatment because they can all **** up my life and I have a built in mechanism to prevent that from happening.

teachers and military get it because they deserve it for what they choose to do.

everyone else is in serious risk of getting the stink eye for the slightest offense.
 
Though the housekeeper and the doctor both work for you, generally speaking, you could do what the housekeeper does instead of hiring someone. With the doctor, probably not so much.
 
Has anyone here contemplated on social behavior and how people treat spe ific persons pubically based on their occupation? For example I notice at my hospital nurses often treat firemen and police officers different than our security personnel and cleaning crew. It seems that jobs that are less dangerous or jobs that are authoritarian are seen differently in society and that perception follows through with how personnel is treated accordingly. In the sense depending on occupation there seems to be a prioritized behavioral ladder people have towards certain members of a specific job. Even on a romantic level some women may prefer a cop as opposed to someone who works at a starbucks due to the perception that a wage job and the lack of danger is less appealing as opposed to a cop.

Does anyone have any theory as to why we have this behavioral phenomena on how we treat members of a specific occupation differently?

Hmm - interesting.

I don't think danger or appeal has much to do with it on a general level. It's more about value of said duties by the perceiving individual. When examining the duties - there is a significant step up from 'being the housekeeper, cleaning your rugs' to 'being able to save your life if your suffer a heart attack.'
 
I agree, but society does not see it that way. On a level of importance society sees housekeeping a lesser job, therefore behavior follows through.

It wouldn't be the first time society has shown itself to be confused, now would it? ;)
 
Hmm - interesting.

I don't think danger or appeal has much to do with it on a general level. It's more about value of said duties by the perceiving individual. When examining the duties - there is a significant step up from 'being the housekeeper, cleaning your rugs' to 'being able to save your life if your suffer a heart attack.'

So therefore it warrants a different treatment?
 
Does anyone have any theory as to why we have this behavioral phenomena on how we treat members of a specific occupation differently?

I tend to think it is probably tied up in a subconscious belief that certain people have some type of power over us (not necessarily overt, but just socially), so we react to these beliefs that we are unaware of, with different behaviors.
 
I tend to think it is probably tied up in a subconscious belief that certain people have some type of power over us (not necessarily overt, but just socially), so we react to these beliefs that we are unaware of, with different behaviors.

Lizzy...

excellent response...
 
So therefore it warrants a different treatment?

I was just bringing up a psychological component to consider. Some people might not realize it, but from birth these 'social values' might be instilled which affects how they respect and treat people.
 
I used to get looked down upon when I was a framing carpenter (the guy that built the 80 foot high entryway into your ****ing foyer that you are so proud to own).

I went to a Dentist once that remarked: "I didn't think that most framers had teeth". The dude had a 1/4" space in between his front teeth. He didn't look like Lauren Bacall either.


So it goes. I try to give my full attention to anyone who needs it regardless of their line of work. St. Peter doesn't care what you made in the last year of your life. Neither do I.
 
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