However, it is not usually consciously known, and the subconscious domination is often most subtle and difficult to detect. It is not a condition of awareness of alternatives and making a conscious choice. Personal modification of the prevailing philosophy of subservience is often regarded as an alternative while the base premise remains undisturbed. They accept the contradictions, but imagine they are reconciled as they cloak them in the emotion-oriented non definitive language usage which is the hallmark of the very system of subordination and domination that they consciously reject. Like their counterparts in formal religion, the beliefs formulated and held by the influence of distorted language usage fits the emotions and provides a measure of comfort as the conflict appears to have disappeared.
Subordination is the main ingredient in the mix.
I am moved to recall a childhood incident which in retrospect, I see as a benchmark in my thinking, for it is recollection of my first very serious effort to understand by questioning. This leaves the person forever attempting an impossible emotional balancing act between self and non self. They are part of the illusory constructs that dominate the scene. A negative evaluation and diminishing valuation of self can come about only by contrast and comparison. The uniqueness of individual denies and defies such comparisons and contrasts, but few there be that takes this as principle and thinks accordingly.