i think the term "man-child" has a lot to offer once you stop seeing it as automatically derogatory and start seeing it as a more neutral description, or even as - god forbid - a potential cause for empathy
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(i shouldn't need to say this but i probably do - having empathy for someone does not mean minimizing any harm they've been doing, and yes, this is indirectly about aubrey de grey)
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Tbh I see "man-child" as a warning to steer clear of a psychic vampire who will lap up emotional labor and then give nothing in return. But that's my baggage.
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I think it’s just true tbh
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I don't quite understand what you mean by "a cause for empathy"
It seems to contradict the nature of empathy to me. Empathy is the process of understanding emotions of others that you don't share. You can't make judgments on something you, by definition, don't understand. +
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The only cause for empathy that makes sense to me is actions and emotions you don't understand or share, any and all of them.
Empathy then, could be a cause for sympathy maybe?
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Empathy does not mean sympath in this case or any other. they are seperate terms
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can you clarify the difference between how you're using them? i don't have a clear division in my head and neither does google
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Yes it’s too busy creating terms that deny women basic humanity.
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