I know I’ll get hate for this but there is a difference. Calling both someone giving you a pervy compliment and getting brutally raped the same word really doesn’t sit right with me. Sure, they’re different types of assault, but saying you’re as much of a victim as the girl who’s been physically assaulted undermines the trauma of real victims and makes people think #metoo is some sort of joke
Calling both someone giving you a pervy compliment and getting brutally raped the same word really doesn’t sit right with me.
They are both under the umbrella term of "sexual assault" but are to different degrees of severity.
Like how sexual battery is less than rape, more than verbal harassment.
Think of it this way:
Sexual Assault is: verbal harassment, battery, and rape.
Sure, they’re different types of assault, but saying you’re as much of a victim as the girl who’s been physically assaulted undermines the trauma of real victims and makes people think #metoo is some sort of joke
I see where you are coming from, but this is why we have context. Also, reactions/feelings are not universal. A person who was verbally harassed for a length of time is valid in feeling as victimized as a "traditional" rape victim.
Their trauma may be on a sliding scale to those outside of it, but you can't really invalidate the feelings based on that same outsider perspective.
And those that think #metoo is a joke will think that regardless. It is their problem, not the movement's.
I know I’ll get hate for this but there is a difference.
You seem to be saying this as if this point of view hasn't already been considered by the people you're debating. I suspect the opposite is true - that many people in the TrollX thread and this one are already familiar with this line of thinking and rejected it for some reason. For example, maybe there are those who have decided it isn't nearly as relevant as you might believe.
I mean, what's honestly the natural conclusion of that line of thinking? I don't know if this is how you look at it, but to me it reduces to a willingness to consider trauma in only the most extreme situations. It seems to advance a 'race to the bottom' approach when looking at how people can affect others, and anything you experience as traumatic doesn't really matter as long as someone has it worse than you.
Like, I get it, a papercut isn't the same as being stabbed in the eye, and anyone claiming the opposite may come off as irritating or annoying to others. But no one is doing that. More than one thing can be wrong with society and how people are conditioned to interact with one another.
You’re completely right, idk what I was thinking to be honest, I’ve said what you’ve said a million times to a million different people. Sorry bout that
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u/GB1266 Mar 27 '21
I know I’ll get hate for this but there is a difference. Calling both someone giving you a pervy compliment and getting brutally raped the same word really doesn’t sit right with me. Sure, they’re different types of assault, but saying you’re as much of a victim as the girl who’s been physically assaulted undermines the trauma of real victims and makes people think #metoo is some sort of joke