But part of belonging, as a central feature of culture, is a tendency toward peer relationships (where power is equal) and a tendency to shy away from hierarchical relationships. Children play with other children; workers talk together when the supervisor isn’t around; women feel free to leave their men in one room and go off visiting together in another; guys are buddies with other guys who have no power over their work lives. Equality invites human interaction that is relaxed and playful. No hidden power agenda is to be served or suspended.
