I had a similar experience with sexual assault. Only recently there have been more people who have talked about been assaulted, and numerous times I heard people tell me, it's a "trend" as if anyone wanted to be a rape victim because it's so much fun. O.o When I mentioned my own sexual assault (and not in a context where I asked for sympathy) I was quickly shut down by "Ah, ok, you're just saying this to play the victim".
When friends spoke about their bisexuality and poly-amory, that was also "just a trend". Gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance—all a trend. People are only allergic to gluten because it's trendy and they're trolls. Makes sense, of course *rolls eyes*.
This ties a little bit into people quickly accusing others of being "hipsters" something that aggravates me to no end these days (also because it's so unimaginative and lazy as an accusation.)
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Date: 2014-06-23 07:10 am (UTC)I had a similar experience with sexual assault. Only recently there have been more people who have talked about been assaulted, and numerous times I heard people tell me, it's a "trend" as if anyone wanted to be a rape victim because it's so much fun. O.o When I mentioned my own sexual assault (and not in a context where I asked for sympathy) I was quickly shut down by "Ah, ok, you're just saying this to play the victim".
When friends spoke about their bisexuality and poly-amory, that was also "just a trend". Gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance—all a trend. People are only allergic to gluten because it's trendy and they're trolls. Makes sense, of course *rolls eyes*.
This ties a little bit into people quickly accusing others of being "hipsters" something that aggravates me to no end these days (also because it's so unimaginative and lazy as an accusation.)