Discrimination and all forms of bigotry (racism, transphobia, homphobia, etc.) likely invalidate this image/thread title in some part.
People aren’t always worrying about random strangers, but when it becomes a pattern in an individual person’s life that has very real consequences and effects, it’s very easy for them to feel like the spotlight is on them and it could very well be in certain instances. It’s gaslighting them to suggest otherwise as a blanket statement.
Discrimination and all forms of bigotry (racism, transphobia, homphobia, etc.) likely invalidate this image/thread title in some part.
People aren’t always worrying about random strangers, but when it becomes a pattern in an individual person’s life that has very real consequences and effects, it’s very easy for them to feel like the spotlight is on them and it could very well be in certain instances. It’s gaslighting them to suggest otherwise as a blanket statement.