My partner and I have been trying to use Socratic questioning to work through our disagreements instead of just arguing, but we keep slipping into this pattern where one of us becomes the interrogator and the other feels like they're being cross-examined. We both want to get better at this but something about the method itself seems to be creating more distance between us.
More people experience this than they realize.
The very tool meant to create understanding is being weaponized into a power dynamic where inquiry becomes inquisition.
“Where Are You with Socratic dialogue as method?”
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