Which makes me wonder: if philosophy is to be more "gender friendly", do philosophers have first to act, well, if not in more "ladylike" fashion, then at least with greater decorum?
Rather than embodying the demi-monde at nocturnal play, the party guests could scarcely appear more respectable or behave with greater decorum; there's not even much sense of outrage at that truly shocking moment when Alfredo flings his winnings at Violetta.
They desired it be expressed with greater decorum.
The services are held with the greatest decorum and everybody is taken on a tour of the place, and Mr. Shane proceeds to tell them just what is what in coffins, linings, etc.
The man who appointed Fabio Capello, former FA chief executive Brian Barwick: "After speaking to senior sources at the FA a) Fabio Capello resigned and b) the meeting was friendly and everyone handled themselves with great integrity and decorum.
More subtle aesthetic perceptions may have led to demands for greater decorum.
They are nevertheless expected to act with greater discretion and public decorum than private citizens, and an excess of power or an abuse of office for political purposes renders a civil servant instantly liable both to statutory regulations and to severe internal disciplinary proceedings.
Steve and I talk with great fondness about the Amiga Power days – those guys gave no shits, everything they did was full of personality, a great fuck you attitude to silly ideas like professionalism and decorum.
Still, it's tough to forget that Ms. Beckham is a skilled performer, balancing a calculated raciness with a great show of decorum and humility.
During the war, a generation brought up on the principles of decorum and restraint hung over from the Victorians, flung aside inhibition in the face of danger; knickers were dropped with greater frequency than doodlebugs.
