Simply ‘Yes’. Response to Stuart Stevenson: ‘The impact of homophobic trauma on gay men’

Claire S. Bacha
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Stuart Stevenson has vividly described the way in which being left alone with homosexuality in a homophobic world as a child creates a specific and lasting trauma. Stevenson captured a specific kind of trauma. However, group responses to his generous insights show that something important also happens to recipients of his insights. In groups, people listening want to identify with him and to join him to a point of drowning him out. These acts of joining, ‘me too’, ‘yes, butting’ and ‘whataboutery’ show that it is deeply uncomfortable to hear someone else’s painful experiences, take them in and not respond immediately. A group discussion at the Group Analysis North Barbara Dick Lecture where Stevenson presented his paper came to the clear conclusion that the best response to hearing painful experiences is simply ‘Yes’. Simply listening to the story of the ‘other’ opens up a painful place that is also enriching and empowering. This is the nature of intersectionality.
只需 "是"。对斯图尔特-史蒂文森:"恐同创伤对男同性恋者的影响 "的回应
斯图尔特·史蒂文森(Stuart Stevenson)生动地描述了一个孩子在一个恐同的世界里与同性恋单独相处的方式,这种方式造成了一种特殊而持久的创伤。史蒂文森捕捉到了一种特殊的创伤。然而,对他慷慨见解的群体反应表明,他的见解的接受者也发生了一些重要的事情。在群体中,倾听的人想要认同他,加入他的行列,直到淹没他的声音。这些附和的行为,“我也是”,“是的,但是”和“随便”表明,听到别人的痛苦经历,接受它们却没有立即回应,这是非常不舒服的。在小组分析北芭芭拉迪克讲座上的小组讨论中,史蒂文森提出了他的论文,得出了一个明确的结论,即听到痛苦经历的最佳反应是简单地说“是”。简单地倾听“他者”的故事,打开一个痛苦的地方,也丰富和授权。这就是交叉性的本质。
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