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conulyThe thing about self-diagnosis.
I once got into it with somebody who purports to be a professor on the subject of trigger warnings. She said she refused to give those unless it came through the disability office because that would be "taking responsibility" for their mental health. I pointed out that it's not like yesterday you were raped, today you have PTSD, and BOOM - tomorrow you get a diagnosis. "Oh, so you're saying people shouldn't get actual mental health care?" No, but it can take months or longer to get diagnosed, people can be crap at self-advocating, and I just don't think it's asking too much to say "Oh, head's up guys, there's a pretty graphic rape in the assigned reading for this week, we'll be discussing it next class". I mean, rape isn't something niche and esoteric.
Back and forth and back and forth and eventually she said that SHE personally had NEVER had a student complain that this was a problem. Well, yeah, and with an attitude like that I'm not surprised. I wonder how many students she's had mysteriously drop out of her class, though.
Honestly, some people.
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I once got into it with somebody who purports to be a professor on the subject of trigger warnings. She said she refused to give those unless it came through the disability office because that would be "taking responsibility" for their mental health. I pointed out that it's not like yesterday you were raped, today you have PTSD, and BOOM - tomorrow you get a diagnosis. "Oh, so you're saying people shouldn't get actual mental health care?" No, but it can take months or longer to get diagnosed, people can be crap at self-advocating, and I just don't think it's asking too much to say "Oh, head's up guys, there's a pretty graphic rape in the assigned reading for this week, we'll be discussing it next class". I mean, rape isn't something niche and esoteric.
Back and forth and back and forth and eventually she said that SHE personally had NEVER had a student complain that this was a problem. Well, yeah, and with an attitude like that I'm not surprised. I wonder how many students she's had mysteriously drop out of her class, though.
Honestly, some people.
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Study reveals Leonardo da Vinci's 'irrelevant' scribbles mark the spot where he first recorded the laws of friction
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'Pokemon Go' players stumble on hidden history
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Mexico finds water tunnel under Pakal tomb in Palenque
How archaeologists found the lost medieval megacity of Angkor
Why Italians, Maori, and Children of Divorce Have the Least Childhood Amnesia
Spiders spin unique phononic material
Breaking down the gender stereotypes in kids' clothing
Before animals, evolution waited eons to inhale
The Problem with Feudalism
Human 'super predator' more terrifying than bears, wolves and dogs
Why is NASA’s longest-serving woman an hourly employee?
Got beef? How one man faced down a 'noodle cartel'
Revealed: How VW Designed the Greatest Scandal in Automotive History
Brave Tortoise Escaping Deadly Sand Fire Fled 'as Quickly as He Could'
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An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost Histories
Most Medical Research is Done on Men. That's a Deadly Problem.
The U.S. Blew $1.4 Billion on Abstinence Education in Africa
Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm
Philippine leader declares ceasefire with communist rebels
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Regional armies struggle in last push against Boko Haram
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