Schiller shook his head. He walked to the doorway without entering, merely standing there as he said, "There must be one more person involved."
"Who?"
Rather than answering directly, Schiller turned back and continued, "Fanny did not merely lack a sense of boundaries. At their core, all her boundary-crossing actions were attempts to suppress others by excessively encroaching on their territory. This was a common phenomenon. You should have seen it before."
The others agreed with him. Often, between strangers, taking advantage of someone might really just mean wanting to gain a little advantage, and having no sense of propriety might really just mean having no sense of propriety.
But in intimate relationships where people knew one another fairly well, it was not that simple. Many people gained an advantage in social interactions precisely by excessively encroaching on others' territory.
For instance, among roommates, some people used others' belongings without permission and never changed despite repeated warnings. Even tearing all pretenses aside and confronting them directly did no good. Many people assumed they simply had bad habits or liked taking petty advantages, but that was not the case. They were establishing their dominant position through such behavior.
It could be compared to a wolf pack. The alpha wolf's greatest power was the ability to distribute prey. After a successful hunt, he could eat first or let the wolves close to him eat first. If a wolf he disliked approached, he would drive it away. The same applied to people.
Within a relatively closed relationship, such as a family, a dormitory, or an office, the power to distribute resources had to be fought for. Whoever gained that power could exert social pressure over others. It was not really about coveting one or two tissues or a couple bites of snacks, but