It’s true that the world has become filled with much more sensitive people than ever before, and honestly, I think the existence of such people in increasing numbers is the only way to tackle the insensitivity that has plagued our society. For one, I see no reason why anybody should have a problem with how sensitive other humans are when we have lots of individuals who make distasteful jokes, do despicable things, and mask their unnecessary speech as being truthfully blunt.
For example, I’ve seen many people wish their friends a happy birthday online, and somehow, in the course of doing that, they post a very vulnerable clip of them for the world to see. I mean, this is normal on social media as it is considered a lovely expression of a close-knit relationship. However, there’s the chance that the celebrant would have preferred being wished heartily without those clips ever making it to the internet, especially on their happy day. In this case, should we then say that this reaction is limiting or that the negative feeling toward that gesture is not valid? Of course not!
How about the common scenario where a male family member asks their female relative to prepare them a quick meal and is met with some level of playful resistance? Here, the first thing that comes out of his mouth is,
“If it were in those days, you wouldn’t have a choice but to cook me this meal. In some states, you would have been married off long ago and doing it in your husband’s house like your mates.”
Now, this is a common joke that has been told for years, and people seem to have accepted it as that. So what if the lady in question finds it offensive, considering that it’s a cruel joke that highlights how society isn’t empathetic to women’s struggles, especially in terms of autonomy?
There are a hundred other examples that I could go over for days, and all of them would circle back to people advocating for a less sensitive world just so they would have the chance to be shitty and less empathetic in the way they treat others, whether by speech or action.
I also admit that there’s a difference with people who can’t seem to entertain a light joke, opinion or prank. But when it comes to touchy subjects, it’s very important that we see those attempts as highly offensive instead of limiting, and if it does mean that people have to fear airing their opinions in public, then better for everyone because truly, some opinions do not need to be voiced out!
Advocating for people to be more sensitive in how they behave towards others is also not a new way of taking their voices from them. In fact, reacting strongly is a way of keeping them in check and ensuring that they do not influence the younger ones with their offensive opinions and jokes that could later become normalized in society.
I do believe that, with this situation, we are already handling it in the best possible way by being sensitive. But we can do more by making sure that we do not entertain any form of conversation or action that feels highly offensive to us. I hope that we will try to be much better people who learn to communicate our feelings, apologize for our offenses, and also refrain from repeating those things others have deemed offensive.
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