The term “gaslighting” has since become shorthand for a type of psychological abuse in which one person manipulates another into doubting their own perceptions, memories, or sanity. It’s a powerful and insidious form of abuse and is often used by people who have a vested interest in keeping...
Gaslighting is a word that's used a lot in the media these days, but what does gaslighting actually mean?Gaslighting 是近来媒体中经常使用的一个词，但 Gaslighting 到底是什么意思呢？The term originates from the Patrick Hamilton's original 1939 stage play, "Gaslight," where a husband psychologica...
Members of the movement believed that if they were unable to express their traditional male characteristics, these would eventually manifest as aggression toward women. It’s a very controversial belief that is also considered to be the origin of the term. The movement’s beliefs were quickly chal...
Since I’ve dropped using the “twin flame” term, I much prefer the term “spiritual relationship” or even just soul mate, as that feels more accessible and available to everyone, not just a select few who pay $7777 in a workshop to be matched with their “true twin flame” – or...
Gaslighting is a characteristic of many abusive relationships, as seen in the 1944 filmGaslight, where the term originates from. For example, someone can insist repeatedly that something didn't happen, even though it did, and tell their victim that they're misremembering or just making it up...
Since the term went mainstream, people started to use it as shorthand when feeling misled in some way or another. This hyperbole is not only confusing, but also takes away from the true meaning of the term. “Gaslighting occurs in abusive relationships and can cause significant damage,” exp...
If the disability in question is relevant to job performance, then ableism is not that different from meritocracy. In an odd form of gaslighting, termed by Kate Gladstone as “information scapegoating” some people on the autism spectrum have been discriminated against as being too able — or ...
Perhaps one of them is injured or sent off. Only then do the benched players get a chance to participate. By the way, you are the benched player and the match is your dating partner. So why should you learn about yet another dating term?
Brothers Shek and Wong immigrated to the United States in 1865 to help build the railroad. This was during a time in China when thousands died of hunger. They were called “Coolies,” a term for lowly workers. The work was dangerous and the conditions were terrible. Chinese workers w...
We all wear masks to fool people. We smile when we are angry, we feign interest when we are bored, we are the life and soul of the party when we secretly want to be at home with our pets and a boxset; but not every mask is a placatory tool, and not every person deceives with...