everydayechos: girl-with-no-pearl-earring: purronronner: spontaneousmusicalnumber: Weird thing...

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everydayechos:

girl-with-no-pearl-earring:

purronronner:

spontaneousmusicalnumber:

Weird thing I’ve noticed: Nobody I know actually talks about the current situation by name. Nobody says ‘Corona’ or ‘COVID’, or really even ‘pandemic’. In conversation it’s only referred to in vague terms like ‘the way things are’ or just ‘y’know’.

Like, “I don’t have a bedframe. I had just moved in March and then, well, y’know.” 

“I’ve been trying to figure out my school plans, but that’s getting hard because of the way things are.”

“I’d been planning on going to some conventions this summer but….yeah.”

I’d always found it hard to understand how societies in fantasy or sci-fi novels could just all agree at once to not say the name of the big scary threat, until now.

It’s not even out of fear, really, like it’s always portrayed to be. It’s just cause like. There isn’t any reason to specify.

Also I think everyone’s sick of hearing it. There isn’t anything else on the news.

I’ve just been calling it ‘the plague’. It has fewer syllables than ‘the coronavirus situation’ and autocorrect already knows how to spell it.
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joanhello2:Same thing with other tabooed body parts and functions. There was a time when I had...

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joanhello2:

Same thing with other tabooed body parts and functions. There was a time when I had extreme pain while pooping but I never told my mom because we didn’t talk about that, so I was never seen by a doctor for it. It could have been something serious and I’d never have been diagnosed until it was too late. (After I grew up I figured out it was food sensitivities.)

jehovahhthickness:

It’s for all of the above.

captain-snark:

Not just for predators or abuse but for basic health reasons, teaching your kids to be ashamed of their body is only going to lead them to hide anything that might be wrong. 

Too embarrassed to tell a parent about something wrong with your genitals and then by the time its found out your kid is dying of cancer, because you thought the word penis was inappropriate.

never-seen-a-nevergreen:

Honestly, keeping this stuff a secret allows predators to keep doing what they are doing without fear of getting caught.

dovey-luv-bug:

My parents taught me the ins and outs of my body, including menstruation and sex, by the time I was six. I have been able to protect my own innocence ever since, and sex is no longer a “taboo” thing that could get me hurt if I was curious enough or taken advantage of.

This is an important concept for kids to learn, and if you disagree, get off my blog.

jehovahhthickness:

Crazy how I was just thinking about this last night

This is why sex education is so important and it starts at fucking home.

I legit didn’t even know that I was “molested” until I was in middle school because of my parents neglected to educate me on child sexual abuse.
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copperbadge:

nemoleeexe:

adobsonartworks:

If you’re ever feeling like the quarantine isn’t worth it, or feel like we should re-open the country before we have reliable testing available… use this comic to help put things into perspective.

Oh my f-

This is also a really good reminder that if you’re feeling traumatized by quarantine even though nothing is happening to you personally, there is a reason. 
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