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The human mind works different when handling loss and gain. People are much more willing to take risks to prevent a perceived loss than for a potential gain.
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I would say they are more willing to NOT take a risk when they have something valuable to lose than to take a risk when they have something valuable to gain, although I guess what you've said is also somewhat true (more on that at later).
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there is a clip about it and the conclusion is that most people (not all, and I have a feeling Felicia might be one of the exceptions) won't risk it unless the potential gain is at least two times more valuable than potential loss.
Anyway, if the point you were trying to make was that Kat had something to lose if Felicia would quit - I disagree. Well, the "cumpetition" would become less interesting for sure but we know that there were years where one carnation was dominating through the whole thing and there was no mystery or excitement left when the 3rd game started, if the same thing happened now it wouldn't be a tragedy, especially since she's getting off from humiliating carnations and she gets her fix either way.
If your point is that Felicia would have little motivation because she has not much to lose so there must be some hidden leverage that Kat has over her I also disagree, the whole point here is that Kat knows Felicia wants to experience some very perverted things and her becoming a member is just a bonus to her. At the very start she humiliated her and even asked her to lick her boots to show her what to expect and was risking Felicia quitting but that little gamble has shown that to Felicia it didn't matter that much as long as she could show her sex skills later and fulfill her desires.
Felicia is a special case because unlike the other two, she's always been a nympho AFAWK (if her college story is to believed) and so far she doesn't mind anything Kat throws at her. The other two though are at a point where quitting would make all their effort go to waste (that's especially the case with Veronica, who during her competition against Lucy had to do some really nasty things) but that's not their main motivation, money is.
(...) shes lived all her marriage under the thumb of her rich husband and she lives a successful life but only if he says she can, she had to sign a prenup to not have kids after all. (...)
I guess it's true to a degree (
degree being an operative word). Felicia is an intelligent, educated person with "chameleon" AND "social butterfly" traits, she knows human psychology very well and can adjust her responses and actions accordingly. From what she said we can gather she's an absolute star in events for elites, she can entertain guests easily, knows what to say and when to say it and it comes easy to her. But she's bored with her life and such formal gatherings, she's also bored with her husband who besides occasional sex doesn't want to fulfill her carnal desires and sometimes even prefers his maid or someone else.
So my guess is they have an open relationship, despite her being a trophy wife she probably doesn't stand to lose much since the prenup probably states Ford can do whatever he wants and she won't get any money but at the same time she can do whatever she wants too, otherwise I doubt she would agree to such marriage and she certainly wouldn't risk being seen having public sex in a club, going out with "nephews" in restaurants or most of all going to a club where EVERYONE knows her husband and the risk of him learning about what she does is high.
Or maybe she's trying to get the attention of her husband because she truly loves him but since he ignores her and her needs she hopes that it will leak one way or another and it will change him in a good way. Very far-fetched (as much as my revenge-for-sister theory) but we should learn about it soon enough once Edwin will interview Mr. Ford and once we'll see how she behaves around her husband. I can't wait to see it :].
