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We Don't Feel Respected When...
| We are forced We are ignored We are threatened We feel imposed upon We feel intruded upon We feel judged or rejected We are not listened to We are tricked We feel manipulated We are lied to We are lied about We are not given reasonable explanations We are not asked for our opinions We are invalidated We are interrupted We are laughed at |
We are not cared
about We are mocked We are stereotyped We are underestimated We are not taken seriously Our feelings are not taken seriously Our preferences are not taken seriously Our dreams are not taken seriously Our ideas are not taken seriously Our needs are not acknowledged Our questions are not taken seriously Our questions are not answered or We are told that we wouldn't be
able to |
We are not asked for
our ideas Others make
decisions about us Others do not try to understand us Others make assumptions about us We are not asked what we think we need Others tell us what they think we need. We are not asked how we feel Others believe they know what is best for us Others believe they know us better Our way of doing things is not accepted Our privacy is invaded or denied We feel betrayed We feel controlled. |
Note on being told we wouldn't be able to understand -- We might be told that we can't understand because we are "too young" or "too old" or because we are "a man" or "a woman" or a member of some other stereotyped group.