To think ‘lived experience’ doesn’t make you automatically right?

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ThisFairMauveLemur · 15/06/2025 18:17

You can have trauma and a bad take.

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Charliebear322 · 15/06/2025 18:22

I understand. I am autistic. I complained about excessive noise in my area and that it was bothering me because I’m autistic. another person said they are autistic too (to invalidate my own experience), they listen to loud music, and I am making something out of nothing, essentially.

Orangemintcream · 15/06/2025 18:22

cardibach · 15/06/2025 18:19

Well…it makes you right about the experience you had. Doesn’t necessarily make that experience representative though.

I think this sums it up well.

Bisadino · 15/06/2025 18:21

Yeah, it's anecdotal evidence, which used to be taken with a pinch of salt.

NannyOgg1341 · 15/06/2025 18:21

I think it depends on the experience and perspective in question. If someone was to say "gender inequality no longer exists" then any 'lived experience' of gender inequality disproves the statement.
But someone who experiences sexism can't say "all men are terrible" just because of their own lived experience.

TinyTempest · 15/06/2025 18:21

QuantumLevelActions · 15/06/2025 18:18

It's also a stupid phrase.

Doesn't it just mean 'experience'?

Yes.

I couldn't even bring myself to type it in my earlier example.

TinyTempest · 15/06/2025 18:20

Too vague really.

"You can walk around the local town at midnight and not get mugged" = One person's experience.

"You can walk around the local town at midnight and get mugged" = Another person's experience.

cardibach · 15/06/2025 18:19

Well…it makes you right about the experience you had. Doesn’t necessarily make that experience representative though.

QuantumLevelActions · 15/06/2025 18:18

It's also a stupid phrase.

Doesn't it just mean 'experience'?

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