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RobinA

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5. I Read This Article

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:28 AM

Mar 2015

when it appeared and found it deeply disturbing. The infantilizing of women by women is truly scary, but it goes wider than just women. And this stuff seems to be spreading by the day and becoming accepted. This '70's holdover questions any control of speech.

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In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas [View all] cali Mar 2015 OP

The asshole part of me thinks that XemaSab Mar 2015 #1

well put. cali Mar 2015 #2

+1 deutsey Mar 2015 #3

"how can you have a therapeutic space that’s also an intellectual space?" hack89 Mar 2015 #4

yeah, it is. and frankly, I though the babyish "safe space" created at cali Mar 2015 #6

That's what confused me tammywammy Mar 2015 #10

Reminds me of the parents of a student in an Art survey class who objected to nude paintings... cyberswede Mar 2015 #15

Was it a college level course? tammywammy Mar 2015 #17

Yep - unbelievable! cyberswede Mar 2015 #18

Oh my goodness tammywammy Mar 2015 #19

Lets hope the kid never took a life drawing course cyberswede Mar 2015 #20

I remember we went to the art museum in elementary school as a field trip. tammywammy Mar 2015 #21

I Read This Article RobinA Mar 2015 #5

A broad pattern in contemporary mental health therapy is skills and tolerance development... HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #7

helpful post. thanks. cali Mar 2015 #8

Trigger warnings allow people to make decisions instead of being blind-sided. KitSileya Mar 2015 #29

I don't think there should be a problem... HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #32

Not to mention, in the rape culture we live in KitSileya Mar 2015 #34

This bothers me too, but then again, I've never had any sort of trauma. alarimer Mar 2015 #9

I have. cali Mar 2015 #11

I took a course on the Holocaust in college deutsey Mar 2015 #12

Almost allgood ideas taken to the extreme can become bad ideas. aikoaiko Mar 2015 #13

One of the best parts in the piece XemaSab Mar 2015 #25

On the other hand, most college students pay no attention to this MineralMan Mar 2015 #14

I think it does do harm and has the potential to do something really sad- cali Mar 2015 #16

I agree cwydro Mar 2015 #31

this kind of tension--between oversensitivity on one hand and excluding people geek tragedy Mar 2015 #22

Could you point me to the articles about minority students at the U. Of Oklahoma feeling cali Mar 2015 #23

before the SAE incident? geek tragedy Mar 2015 #24

People with weak convictions will loathe a challenge and love to control language Android3.14 Mar 2015 #26

I can't think of a single movement that has ever benefited from going dogmatic. redgreenandblue Mar 2015 #27

Queer people create safe spaces for ourselves, because so many places are unsafe for us. DemocraticWing Mar 2015 #28

I agree with you. KitSileya Mar 2015 #30

"Such euphemisms illustrate one major function of language, which is to keep reality at bay." bemildred Mar 2015 #33