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    Power is constructed as capacity of a person to access five things on a level equal to their expectations and desires. 'Internal rewards', 'interpersonal contact' and'sexual fulfilment' on a par with 'external rewards' in understanding the landscape of power.

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    Power is constructed as capacity of a person to access five things on a level equal to their expectations and desires. 'Internal rewards', 'interpersonal contact' and'sexual fulfilment' on a par with 'external rewards' in understanding the landscape of power.

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    of 2

    Doesaboywhomustregisterforthedraftateighteenandisshot

    throughthefaceinVietnam
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    havepower?Doesabeautifulwomanwhomarriesadoctorhave
    power,whensheneverdiscoversherowntalents?Whichofthese
    peoplehavepoweroverhisorherownlife?
    Farrell,1988:10Powerisconstructedasthecapacityofapersonto
    accessfivethingsonalevelequaltotheir
    expectationsanddesires:

    Externalrewards(e.g.income,possessions,status)

    Internalrewards(e.g.emotionalrelease,positiveselfimage)

    Interpersonalcontact(attention,affection,loveandrecognition)

    Physicalhealth(wellbeing,attractivenessandintelligence)

    Sexualfulfilment(satisfactionofdesireandenjoymentofsensual
    pleasures)Thisconceptualisation,therefore,putsinternal
    rewards,interpersonalcontactandsexualfulfilmentonapar
    withexternalrewardsinunderstandingthelandscapeofpower.It
    alsomakesitpossibletotheorisethatapersonsocialisedtoearn
    income,possessionsandstatusthattheydonotneedordesire(to
    fulfilthedesiresofanother)isdisempoweredratherthan
    empowered.Farrellspositiondrew(andcontinuestodraw)onthe
    feministtraditionbyembracingthegoalofemancipationfromsex
    rolescombinedwithgreatersexualfreedom.Hisfindingsfrom
    interviewsandfocusgroupsessions,however,revealagrowing
    anxietyamongstmenaboutworkandwomen(muchasBetty
    Friedanfoundamongstwomenin1963whenshepublishedThe

    FeminineMystique).Hissuggestionthatmensacrificetheir
    personalwishesforhigherpay,andareoftendisempoweredbythe
    healthproblemsassociatedwiththeirpositioninsociety,endeda
    periodduringwhichhewasthr

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