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been thinking about how trauma narratives in fiction are gendered and how audiences are expected to respond to those gendered narratives
men aren't supposed to talk about trauma because that would be a weakness
women aren't supposed to talk about trauma because that would be hysteria
women aren't supposed to talk about trauma because that would be hysteria
but it's more than just not talking about it. the moment a fictional character does anything that might be read as a trauma response, neurotypical writers frame it as a bad thing and neurotypical audiences read it as a bad thing
now, neurodivergent writers usually don't frame it as a bad thing, but that doesn't mean the audience won't read it as a bad thing
this is symptomatic of a larger issue which is that a lot of people, including a lot of neurodivergent people, find trauma and trauma responses REALLY uncomfortable to the point where they aren't able to acknowledge their subconscious bias against them
or they only consider certain types of trauma to be valid
example: people who don't acknowledge that not all abuse is m/f and that not all abusers are men
example: people who don't acknowledge that not all abuse is m/f and that not all abusers are men
they will 100% say that they believe survivors. they will say all the right words. but their actions will belie this; the way they treat survivors whose abusers were not cis men is different
or they'll only accomodate ptsd symptoms that aren't disruptive. and their definition of disruptive is the only valid one in that situation
tbh this is a big part of why i'm not active in fandom spaces and why i'm not trying to get caught up with critical role so i can watch live
