Harvard Law professor agrees to represent Weinstein, students traumatized

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Trauma, like war veterans have when the sustain severe injury in battle? Or is this the trauma of someone not agreeing with your opinion? I do not understand the precise nature of the trauma.

This is more along the lines of a kid growing up around an alcoholic parent. If they don't see the parent as a reliable source of safety, it hampers 'normal' development. Psychologists call this attachment trauma. What happens in War is a different story.

The kids here are saying give us an environment where we don't have to waste mental energy worrying about the reliability of the authority figure. Valid imho. Especially if I was footing the bill.

Are you comparing the Harvard students emotional development to that of children? I understand your point about children, but not how it applies to these young adults.

Emotional development requires trust. Whether it's a child, young adult or a trained soldier once they loose Trust in an authority figure, getting them to follow, learn from, obey said authority figure is not straight forward. It's quite a complex process to restore trust once it's gone.

Complex, yes, but you understand it.

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