Index – National – That’s why politicians’ lips are stiff

The public figure changes when he sees a camera or walks between people. Not only his posture, but also his face. If you are a pro, whatever happens, you can tell yourself with a shaky poker face.

It’s a “haunted mode,” as pioneering hippie-era writer and composer Paul Bowles once blatantly described it. Others describe this as a robotic spectacle, almost like a belly in sight and almost bleak for the mood. But why did politicians turn into injection molded droids? The answer is simple:

if they don’t want to get out of their role.

Force must be imitated

In the Anglo-Saxon world, at the beginning of the 19th century, the first writtenkeep a stiff upper lipA term that refers to the contemporary social mandate that it is appropriate to receive unexpected / unpleasant situations with a firm face (literally translated: stiff upper lip). This is because any sudden squeaking from the mouth is a sign of weakness, lability, lack of self-control, this tradition continues.

It is the prevailing notion of a wise and competent statesman (or any kind of public figure) who is firm and rational. In every situation he is unshakable, never sentimental. But since Homo sapiens sapiens individuals are never like that, you have to constantly trick the figure into moving one way or another.

Presumably, this kind of mimicry code of competence extended to British influence among politicians around the world: as if they had been given a paralyzing injection under the nose, every word jumps off its fence.

This is an animal!

Such suppression of emotions may be a cultural tradition, but it is based on our ancient evolutionary reflexes. The raising of the upper lip, and therefore the flashing of the canines, is a threat, as described by Charles Darwin in his 1872 work, “Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals”, which is the basic work of the investigation. of grimaces. It is customary for people to say the same to someone

However, a toothy smile is interpreted as a friendly gesture, how can that be?

So jaw and lip relaxation is the key here. In dogs you can also observe the so-called submissive smile, that is, the wide but non-convulsive flash of interlocking teeth, which only shows that you are calm, you can see that I have no intention of biting.

So this, while formally quite similar, is the exact opposite of growling, and

And the combination of touching the lips and a broad smile is the main mimic sign of joy in a person. (Among other things, we know why a friendly smile is a visceral reflection, and it is not a habit of mimicry learned in a person that blind children also smile, although they obviously cannot see anyone, so it cannot be a question an imitation)

You can cheat but they will fall anyway

Our lips tell even more about our most elementary emotions. In addition to the aforementioned aggressive growl and the wide smile of joy

• upper lip pulled in half, disgust,
• the same is done spasmodically for ulterior motives, confusion or arrogance,
• a slight blow to dissatisfaction or anger,
• lips “sniffed”, almost disappearing in doubt,
• licking his mouth out of nervousness,
• the upper lip slides over the upper lobe to insult or challenge (it will last in children),
• and the lower lip biting the tooth from any strong but suppressed emotion

hate. A few more lip highlights were left behind the list, as there is no age limit for this blog.

Following in the footsteps of American psychologist Paul Ekman microexpressions We call these small, short signals (usually they don’t last half a second). That is, when someone’s real personality blinks for a fleeting moment, no matter how hard you try to disguise it.

The point is, according to research, everyone sees and understands these eye blinks, even without any prior study. Normally then

Dishonest politicians (and analysts!) with their forced and loving mouths, people will never see a Vidor like Tudor anyway, or vice versa.

Imitation scraps finished

There is also a stunning side shot. Sometimes a politician does not suppress a spontaneous grimace, but instead gets a master figure to disguise his momentary confusion. Even Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidate’s smile wasn’t very convincing to voters, but her inappropriate self-defense art laughs were downright meme, as the end result became scary and absurd rather than attractive:

Can a smile revolution come?

After such antecedents, it is not surprising that in the homeland of paralyzed public lips an authentic rebellion against the practice in question has already begun. The counter-campaign is organized by no fewer names than Prince William’s wife and Prince Harry. Meghan Markle, on the other hand, talks about the unshakable face being the hardest to bring to the royal court, and Vilmos directly refers to the psychologically destructive power of this spontaneous emotion suppression, saying that she could even get sick if we repress our emotions.

In Western societies, the expected balance of emotion and strength, empathy and discipline is generally slowly being redefined.

partly due to the avalanche of spontaneous home movies flowing from social media, where everyone can see every minute how they are talking, how real people react in all kinds of situations.

Meanwhile, the investigation of the political smile is becoming widespread around the world: the subject is already being scientifically demanding in Japan, the United States and Germany. According to a comparative study

voters who find smiling leaders more understanding are happier finding their own private life.

So let’s watch the smiles of our chosen leaders with tense facial muscles, because the more humane and friendly we find him, the more we have developed ourselves, the leaders.