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[marenfic]

Trying to teach college students about rape and sexual coercion, and rape culture, is hard

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[cornerofmadness]

I don't envy you that task at all

[soundingsea]

Thank you for the work you're doing.

[lynnenne]

I second this.

[indigo419]

I've nothing useful, but wanted to give you some hugs! *hugshugs*

And thank you for this important work you do.

[carlyinrome]

I remember being in Abnormal Psych when we watched a documentary on a few patients with bipolar disorder, sitting there watching the disease that ruins and informs my life, sitting among my laughing classmates. And my teacher, a practicing psychiatrist, had no idea anything was amiss. I think that your being so thoughtful and sympathetic on this issue is a huge win. I wish I could offer you constructive ideas, but that you're even having this problem makes my blood just burn, and I am literally too angry to think. Keep the faith, mama.

[marenfic]

In my disorders class, one of the things I try hardest to do is normalize the "abnormal". If my students learn one thing, it is that these disorders affect regular people and a whole lot of them, and to try to look around and see who has a disorder and who doesn't is largely an exercise in futility.

I can't stand it when people thoughtlessly speak and mock without understanding that the odds are good that whatever they are mocking is an experience at least one other student in the class has had.

[spiralleds]

Thank you for keeping on keeping on.

Maybe it's like the Aesop's tale about the raven and the long narrow glass with water at the bottom. It was only by adding pebble by pebble that the raven was able to raise the water level high enough to finally drink. I think it's the same with people. It takes a whole lot of pebble moments to raise the level of their awareness. But eventually they'll have that "Oh, hey! Wait a minute!" moment.

[marenfic]

I love this way of thinking about it. Thank you!