Five years ago, or even two, my opinion would have been quite different. By this point, however, I have undergone a fairly massive update in the direction of thinking people are far, far too sensitive about matters of “tone” and the like.
Yeah but exposure therapy doesn’t work like that though. If people are too sensitive, you can’t just rub their faces in the thing they’re sensitive about and expect them to change. In fact, what you’d want to desensitize people is the exact opposite—really tight conversation norms that still let people push slightly outside their comfort zone.
Yeah but exposure therapy doesn’t work like that though. If people are too sensitive, you can’t just rub their faces in the thing they’re sensitive about and expect them to change. In fact, what you’d want to desensitize people is the exact opposite—really tight conversation norms that still let people push slightly outside their comfort zone.