It's even true for basic sexual harassment. Less than a hundred years ago if you slapped a woman on the ass she'd either slap you in the face or wink at you, depending on if she thought you were in her league or not. That would be the end of it. After decades of conditioning everyone to feel bad about what happened, we've now created microaggressions where women have to take days off work because their male coworker looked at them in the wrong way.
It's even true for basic sexual harassment. Less than a hundred years ago if you slapped a woman on the ass she'd either slap you in the face or wink at you, depending on if she thought you were in her league or not. That would be the end of it. After decades of conditioning everyone to feel bad about what happened, we've now created microaggressions where women have to take days off work because their male coworker looked at them in the wrong way.
This is correct. If we stopped making it a big deal, it would stop being one.