This is a weird post, but I'm just wondering if I'm alone in this.
It really irks me when people make comments about molestation, rape, and incest like: "That's disgusting" or "That's sick."
I don't have a problem with expressing MORAL disgust and I think it's correct: "I think it's disgusting a human being would do that to a child" or "The father was sick to do that to his daughter".
If someone was talking about my hypothetical rape/abuse, I would find it very hurtful and probably feel dirty if they talked about how disgusting and sick the act itself was.
For example, if I told a friend "My uncle raped me" and she replied "that's disgusting" it would probably hurt me a lot. If she said "I think it's disgusting that your uncle would take advantage of you like that" then I would feel supported.



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