Disclosure
Oh, you want me to share with the list? Sorry, I don't think
so... ;-)
My perspective is that members can not be held responsible
for the impact what they share has on the
group
I do think we are all 100% responsible for the impact of
what we withhold. The individuals can not determine the effect of a given
bit of data will have on an ongoing group process,
rather it is what is withheld that can be attributed back to the person
who did not bring the data into the group so it could be explored, integrated,
etc.
I think the very first post I made to this list said
that I consider transference (i.e., assumptions
made about others whom you don't know well) detrimental to the functioning
of most email lists. It's inevitable to some extent, yet personal disclosure
can defuse it.
I don't think you can have an open dialogue where people
disclose/share their ideas, perceptions, or views without
taking risks and through doing that we are likely
to touch emotions
. In order to communicate effectively with another fellow
human, we must first reveal our identity. identity is an issue that Jung
talks about in his compendium. By revealing our identity, we provide the
framework for understanding half of the pre-existing structure that will
function during the communications process. The other
person reveals the other half.
I agree that "Identity"
is important in group process and communications. Yet one has to be comfortable
with their own identity, and be willing to share who they are, so they feel
that they don't have to defend who they are. I think you can't seperate sharing
"identity" with intimacy!
You all should realize that this medium is
electronic publishing. There are NO privacy
rights to something that is posted to a list; any
lurker could repost anything to thousands of very
public lists, usenet groups, web pages, gopher sites.
Certainly, I would agree that revealing elements of
our identity to others is an issue of intimacy.
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