Simultaneously, however, the child is also associatively encoded with qualities that are reviled by middle-class imperatives and politesse: antisociality, vulgarity, emotionality, amorality, anarchy.
Contemporary literature about the salons is dominated by idealistic notions of politesse, civilit and honnte, but whether the salons lived up to these standards is matter of debate.
As a democratically elected world leader, he will act in ways that will defy the expectations of pundits and political watchers accustomed to a certain level of decorum and politesse.