cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17147012

"Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”

and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”

and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay."

-a 15yo autistic girl experiencing ABA therapy

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  • Icaria@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    9 months ago

    Teenagers DO have more insight into the injustices of society than adults who have grown comfortable with their advantages in it.

    I think you need to speak to some actual teenagers. A subset of every generation thinks they’re on a holy crusade to right the world’s wrongs, but most of them grow up.

    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      No, most of them give up as adults. Doesn’t mean those problems disappeared. I’ve met damn few men I would consider grown up.