Category
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psychological trauma
type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event
stab-in-the-back myth
belief that German soldiers were betrayed at the end of World War I
victim blaming
social phenomenon that responsabilizes the victim of the damage suffered
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victimology
Victimology is the study of victimization, including the psychological effects on victims, the relationship between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system—that is, the police and courts, and corrections officials—and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions, such as the media, businesses, and social movements.
Century of Humiliation
Historiographical concept for a period of intervention and subjugation of China by foreign powers
slut-shaming
Slut-shaming is the practice of criticizing individuals, particularly but not exclusively women and girls, who violate expectations of behavior and appearance regarding issues related to sexuality. It may also be used in reference to gay men, who may face disapproval for promiscuous sexual behaviors. Gender-based violence primarily affecting women can be a result of slut-shaming. The term is commonly used to reclaim the word slut and empower women to have agency over their own sexuality.
victim playing
Fabrication or exaggeration of victimhood
victim mentality
acquired personality trait in which a person tends to consider oneself as a victim of the negative actions of others, and to behave as if this were the case in the face of contrary evidence of such circumstances
Holocaust victim
person killed by Axis powers in a systematic campaign to exterminate European Jews
victimisation
Victimisation (or victimization) is the state or process of being victimised or becoming a victim. The field that studies the process, rates, incidence, effects, and prevalence of victimisation is called victimology.
childhood trauma
adverse childhood experiences
transgenerational trauma
process by which the psychological impact of a traumatic event is transmitted from one generation to the next
comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany
the ahistorical comparison of Israel to Nazi Germany or Israelis to WWII Nazi Germans
Post-traumatic amnesia
medical condition
Irish slaves myth
false conflation of Irish indentured servitude and African chattel slavery
secondary antisemitism
a distinct form of antisemitism that has been observed in several countries since the end of the Holocaust
Rianne Letschert
Dutch scholar
victim feminism
term used to critique certain forms of feminist activism
Christian persecution complex
the belief that Christianity is being oppressed in the Western world
Like sheep to the slaughter
a proverb regarding the jewish holocaust