There was a time when no one wanted to admit to having been victimized, to come forth and CLAIM to be a victim as if it entitled you to special status would have been unimaginable. Little boys who came home from school with a black eye did not admit to how they had been bullied, they said, “You ought to see the other guy, he has two black eyes and a bloody nose, I beat him good.” Fathers did not encourage their children to claim victimhood, they taught them to stand up for themselves. It was an entirely different world and in my opinion at least, a much better world.
In today’s world the ‘son’ hits his head against a light pole and tells him mom someone tried to beat him up. Dad’s not in the home and if he was ‘Mom’ would tell him her ‘darling’ need unconditional love...