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"She did not choose to be [member of oppressed group], and therefore her suffering is thrust upon by no choice of her own. I, on the other hand, chose this mountainous burden voluntarily, and I struggle with it every day without complaint."
How very, very much in life do I catch myself thinking this?
Or its insidious sibling, "This is problem is worse when I have it because I'm [member of privileged group]!
Gaaaaahhh!!!
"She did not choose to be [member of oppressed group], and therefore her suffering is thrust upon by no choice of her own. I, on the other hand, chose this mountainous burden voluntarily, and I struggle with it every day without complaint."
How very, very much in life do I catch myself thinking this?
Or its insidious sibling, "This is problem is worse when I have it because I'm [member of privileged group]!
Gaaaaahhh!!!
