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I unironically support this insofar as actual academics conduct the study. It would be hilarious to watch the GOP in Congress try to suppress the report and then it gets leaked after it concludes correctly that TDS is just a made up term and there's nothing deranged about disliking the inhumane, greedy, sociopathic machinations of the most powerful man on earth whose demented whims crash markets and violate human rights. Paying money to find out why people dislike a legitimately evil person when people will just straight up tell you but you don't want to listen is too funny.

The Babylon Bee originally made fun of absurd Christian cultural issues, but then they got bought out and switched to a conservative punching down kind of humor.

How would one "steal a kiss" if it was a finite resource.

Stealing a kiss is another poetic use of the term.

Also while stealing is not always "punishable by law", it can still be classified as wrongdoing.

Depends on the context.

As an artist I find all forms of plagiarism to equate to stealing

As an artist, I don't. Plagiarism is about failure to cite sources and copying content while claiming it's yours. That's not even usually a legal issue. It's an academic issue. And it's not necessarily immoral either. You can be accused of plagiarizing yourself by not citing that you had previously written some of the content in a previous work. That's not even close to stealing, technically, legally, or morally.

Plagiarism is also very different from copyright violation.

and while they won't land you behind bars, they may get you a status of persona non grata with other creatives.

And it might get you fame and fortune and acclaim from others. Depends on the context.

that's stealing

It's important to note that copyright violation is never stealing or theft. That's a poetic term copyright maximalists use to morally equate two disparate concepts. Stealing and theft involves taking something that is finite and rivalrous and thus depriving the owner of it.

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As George Carlin said, they only care about you until you're born..

Therapists are mandatory reporters. If she actually thinks that SA is going on, especially to a minor, then she's required by law to report it to the authorities. If she isn't reporting it then that means she's lying, doesn't have proof, or she's breaking the law by not reporting it. Either way, it's concerning.

Yeah, that's not a therapist. That's a bigot evangelizing their personal views under the guide of providing therapy. I'd also be concerned with the supposed help for actual issues because the method could be problematic since this individual appears to have no qualms with giving unethical advice.

If you're looking to do something, I'd look up the regulatory agency in the state and send a report. A therapist purporting to diagnose non-patients is a big red flag in addition to the bigotry and predictions of SA.

Definitely. Unfortunately, some of the people who would benefit the most are the least inclined to accept or seek out such therapy. I don't like to be cynical but I'd guess we need a few generations to pass for it to become more common and less stigmatized.

The #MeToo movement is a largely social movement. Most of the consequences for exposed abusers was social, which led to public shaming and loss of job opportunities. There were legal consequences for some, though victims advocates would like to have seen much more. The few legal influences that came from the movement were laudable. Some states banned nondisclosure agreements and arbitration clauses relating to sexual harassment and now there's the Speak Out Act at the federal level.

But by and large, the social consequences that were the primary result weren't powerful enough to change the longstanding cultural issues such as toxic masculinity, incel subculture, patriarchal traditionalism, male chauvinism, etc. which contribute to the issues that the movement sought to name and shame. Social consequences can lead to diminishing returns if those who oppose change double down and re-entrench in the problematic cultures. They turn accusations into merit badges and proof that they haven't bought into "woke" (or whatever toxic buzzword will come to replace it when woke isn't a powerful boogeyman word anymore) culture.

Greater legal support for victims and greater legal consequences for perpetrators would be preferable, but the current legislative climate would make that difficult to progress except in some states.

It's not a failure. It's just another sign that the opposition to human rights is fiercer than expected and greater effort is required. We couldn't expect that horrible people would magically respond with self-awareness and shame when their culture of abuse and exploitation was highlighted and led to consequences for some. It just means social pressure is only one factor of how to address systemic cultural issues.

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