Emotional harm can be hard to name and easy to dismiss. We know when we’ve been physically hit, but emotional is really different. All sorts of things can cause emotional harm… what can we do to protect ourselves from it?
Emotional harm can be hard to name and easy to dismiss. We know when we’ve been physically hit, but emotional is really different. All sorts of things can cause emotional harm… what can we do to protect ourselves from it?
Yes. Feigning incomprehension of a hateful joke or statement and forcing them to come out and say it is a powerful technique for putting bigots and their ilk on their back feet.
And if you can then deliver a haymaker that’s extra-satisfying!