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Psychology professor Mark Leary of Duke University achieved notoriety for his construction of various "scales" for the purpose of personality assessment. There is the "Interaction Anxiousness Scale", the "Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale", the "Need to Belong Scale", the "Blushing Propensity Scale", the "Imposterism Scale", the "Social Physique Anxiety Scale", and something that appears to be custom-made for Canadian political culture: The"Hurt Feelings Scale" (see below).
I believe that the "Hurt Feelings Scale" has the potential to become a mainstay of sound government emotional management. Think of the possibilities. A Hurt Feelings Form (HFF) could be handed out to every immigrant the moment he has been sworn in at the Citizenship ceremony. In fact, the government could send out this form to every member of a visible minority or identity group to monitor their feelings so as to determine if other Canadians are as racist, sexist, homophobic, trans-phobic, Islamophobic and micro-aggressive as they say we are.
If Muslims, feminists, indigenous activists, immigrant women of colour and LGTB people continue to report that their feelings are getting hurt, the government will know that "there is much more work to be done" in terms of pandering to hyper-sensitivity, raising diversity awareness and checking our privilege. Grants to grievance groups could be increased, more staff could be hired, and brand new university departments could be funded to improve the metrics of calibrating hurt feelings. Thousands of PhD theses could be written about the appalling scale of hurt feelings in this country. ...
http://www.eurocanadian.ca/2016/05/hurt-feelings-scale-for-minority-snowflakes.html
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