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Is the phrase "master bedroom" harmful? A new psychology study says no

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mdlxxv

My favorite part of the article:

> The only people who experienced slight increases in negative emotions when exposed to the words were those who scored high on moral elitism and a need for recognition. These specific personality traits reflect a persistent feeling of being a victim in social situations. For everyone else, the words had no measurable negative impact.

  • bad_username

    Peoole who score high on moral elitism and a need for recognition need to give me back my master branch (and my blacklist too, preferably).

andsoitis

> exist. A new study found that everyday people generally do not find these targeted words offensive, and reading them in a story does not negatively affect psychological well-being.

There’s only a certain kind of person who would find “master bedroom” offensive or harmful.

  • pmpmpmpm

    Yep, they are black. You can just say it vs hinting at it;)

    • bad_username

      Not according to my observations...

    • pseudohadamard

      No, they're SJWs.

      Some of them may be black, admittedly, but mostly it's white people being offended on behalf of black people. And deaf people. And non-neurotypical people. And visually impaired people. And ... It's rather a labour-intensive hobby to engage in.

    • andsoitis

      In my experience that’s not it.

johng

When I was a young kid (born in 78, was probably 4th or 5th grade) I wrote a letter to the President. I can't remember who was in office at the time. But I got a letter back and they addressed me as "Master <Last Name>" which was a formal title at the time. I hadn't heard it before but I remember looking up what it meant and why they would use that term.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address)

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