Just Peachy Keen

[arisbe]

"From the chart we can conclude that as terribly as women may suffer the consequences of a bias toward 'TJ' types (and against FP types), there are types that suffer a greater bias, amongst which is the INFP. In addition we might recall that the INFP not only suffers the 'TJ' bias, it shares none of the orientations with the predominant group in management, the ESTJs. It is, indeed, diametrically opposed - I instead of E, N instead of S, F instead of T and P instead of J). In fact, using Jungian parlance, such a polar opposite of a type could be called a 'shadow type'. Accordingly, we could say that the INFP is the shadow type for the ESTJ. Now, after a moment's reflection, it is clear that each of the 16 types could be said to have a 'shadow', but it is the misfortune of the INFP to be the shadow type of the most popular and politically powerful type, the ESTJ - a type who has least qualms about enforcing conformity, punishing non-conformity, and ignoring issues of 'social justice'. It is also an 'unfortunate' state of affairs for the INFP because it is his 'shadow type', according to Jungian theory, on which the ESTJ is most likely to 'project' all his fears and hatred. He will see the INFP as evil incarnate. Myers and Myers (1993 p. 162) cite the contrast between ESTJ and INFP as being of the most extreme nature; and in his study of men, Pederson (1993) (a Jungian psychotherapist) recognizes that being an INFP is:

" '... the most difficult type for a man to be. The INFP shares neither the extraversion (75 percent) nor the thinking dominance (65 to 70 percent) of the male group. Further, he does not share the sensation preference with 70 percent of the total population. Because the INFP's dominant function represents the inferior function (introverted feeling) of a major part of the population, someone who has that type as a dominant function is a potential shadow carrier for most other men. ... a good 75 percent of the population may think of him as at least 'a little strange'.' (p. 168)

"If scapegoating is permitted in an organization (and we shall see later that scapegoating in various types of organization is not only permitted but an essential feature of organizational process), it is the INFP who therefore stands the best chance of playing the role of scapegoat in the ESTJ predominated organization." -- John Fudjack & Patricia Dinkelaker

Comments

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

What you have written of your mother reminds me of mine, an ESFJ.

[kali-ma.livejournal.com]

I don't know what her alignment by that scale would be, although I can say my stepdad was more responsible for things that happened, or maybe rather he was the active participant while my mother was the passive enabler.
I almost always get INFP on that test.