"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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  • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I think you got wooshed, cause I’m pretty sure the CBT being referred to is cock and ball torture.

    Though maybe I got wooshed, I’m not 100% sure.

    • bort
      1·
      9 months ago

      I am surprised how well this played out.

      Though maybe I got wooshed, I’m not 100% sure.

      yes, I was aiming exactly for the ambiguity between the 2 meanings of CBT.