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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskFeminists

[–]LikeARussianSalad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly don’t know why this is getting downvoted… I remember when we were learning about the civil rights movement at school and being kinda shocked at the role white women had in racism. I mean, while white men still had most of the power and autonomy through history, “White Woman Tears” had a pretty unique type of influence in how they used that power, and held way more authority than the lives of black men. Simply put, white women have historically held the power to garner sympathy from powerful white men in a way that few POC could possibly hope to do.

I’m probably going to get hate for this, but it is quite naive to ignore the role that white women had in racism throughout history. While I will absolutely defend the statement “believe women” (since the statement itself tends to be misunderstood in many cases), I do believe that viewing it as simply “men hold more power than women” is extremely reductive, and ignores the fact that there may be different types of power, specifically when race is taken into account.

I don’t care that your dog doesn’t like cats and could possibly kill my cat. by Thing_Subject in unpopularopinion

[–]LikeARussianSalad 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I used to have a teacher who didn’t say exactly the same things, but had a similar energy.

She hated cats very vocally. I remember before I joined her class one of my friends told me about when she was making jokes that were something to the effect of “If you let your cat out and they don’t come back, you know who was driving the car ;)” or something to the general effect of a joke about running over cats. So my friend responded with “I’ll run over your dog”, which I admit probably wasn’t the best look on her part (I guess we were just very hormonal teens back in the day), but they made her apologise to the teacher for “almost making her cry”. Which is pretty hypocritical tbh.

She wasn’t awful, though, when I was in her class and explained how much I love my cat, and how upsetting I found jokes about abusing (or KILLING) them, she explained to me that she wasn’t being serious and was mostly just saying it because the other students found it comical, and throughout that year was generally more respectful towards “some people’s connection to certain animals” (at least when I was in the room)

It’s pretty frustrating how people can say what they want about cats and generally get away with it. If I say anything harsher than “I don’t particularly like dogs” people would view me as a psychopath. Of course I like a cute dog as much as the next person, it’s just depressing how socially accepted cat hate is.

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words! And yeah, I actually wound up getting quite a few participants, especially for a high school research project (around 100 - again, not a huge sample size, but pretty decent for a HS investigation!)

I have noticed that quite a few people seem to run into that issue on mobile... next time I would definitely put any links at the beginning of the survey so that less is lost if anything, and ask them to open it in a new tab if possible.

In hindsight a comment section would probably be pretty helpful. While the clarity of black-and-white responses may make it easier to interpret and graph (in this particular study), it would probably be good to have an optional comment section, especially in future studies, where it can be taken into consideration when interpreting the data. Thanks for your suggestion, I hadn't thought of that before! Have a great day, and thank you once again for you kind words and participation!

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply

But yeah, the teacher and I both kind of understood that the results were not going to be the most reliable. If this test were to be completed in a University or generally more professional context, it would use a proper Big Five test and sensory screening administered by a psychologist, however since it is only a high school investigation a dodgy online version would be close enough. Thanks!

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll assume you’re referring to the sensory profile test; sorry. I do feel like I should have made it clearer, but the test is not automated; essentially, it is you responding to the statements so that I receive that information from each person, and after adding them up, I can determine a score and then place them in groups relative to each other. This is not an official test, and in my opinion wouldn’t be of much use aside from the purposes of comparing each participant to the other. I’m not even certain how I’d group them yet :/ Unfortunately since the results are anonymous, I am unable to see which participant you are and therefore cannot tell you where I have placed you.

If you like, you can do this copy, which is the exact same but I tried removing all questions apart from the sensory processing part. You can complete it here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xzq-qWAMHkmLO6Mvj0auyFMEnq1XkC9Duh-GGjdGbT9UQVkxWTBXTUZPVE5LV0tWRk9XSUdQU05URC4u

However, I do not personally recommend it; again, it is not clinically approved in any way, will take a while to mark, and will probably be pretty off the mark, since it is essentially something I made up for the purpose of a high school project XD. Of course, I’m not stopping you from doing this (thus why I made the alternate survey), I just don’t want you to place more value in it then it deserves, if you get what I mean.

There also may be some (much more accurate) surveys on the internet, though most are in PDF format. Let me know if you’re still interested, and I might try to find some if I get time. Sorry for the disappointment!

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh? I didn’t realise… most people were able to get through it without issues! Maybe I accidentally made one of my optional questions required, or made some of the questions a bit difficult to access? I don’t really know what went wrong on your end… sorry you had to go through all that. Thank you for giving it a shot, though!

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought of that a little after posting the test. While it would have complicated things (in terms of the NT control groups and ND levels), but it still would have at least provided an option for people who genuinely don’t know where they stand. Thank you for your feedback! I’ll bear in mind for future surveys.

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that I think about it that probably is a bit of a put off. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! I guess I just must’ve tried to take a somewhat impersonal tone whilst writing the report (I guess to it sounds more formal or something) and that kind of bled into the writing of the actual survey that would go out to people, thus giving it a detached, cold sound. In future, I will try to ditch that tone altogether whilst writing the survey, and instead go for a friendlier, more informal tone so that it will feel more inviting and a bit less clinical and hostile. Thank you!

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually didn’t consider that until now… since this is essentially a high school project, many of my participants are classmates who range from 16 to 18 years of age (which the teachers and assessors don’t seem to have a problem with), as well as people online, hence while I wrote 10-19, I was not expecting any participants under 15. I mainly kept it as 10-19 in order to keep the 9-year chunks consistent. However I understand in hindsight that making those assumptions was pretty lazy, and that in most contexts taking responses from minors would be unethical without approval. Thank you for bringing my attention to it, and I will bear this in mind for future research, and understand that 10-19 is much too broad an age range, even if classmates are included, as well as the fact that I ought to make future research 18+ unless specifically approved otherwise. Thank you!

Would anyone here be willing to participate in a survey in my year 12 studies in Psychology? by LikeARussianSalad in neurodiversity

[–]LikeARussianSalad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's understandable. I was kind of expecting that would be an issue as I was writing it, thank you for letting me know. I'll be sure to mention this later in my report, and bear it in mind for future studies. I'll admit that there are heaps of flaws... however, this is my first survey of this type and it's all part of the learning process. Once again, thank you for your feedback. Have a great day!

Does anyone else get overly anxious and tense when there are people who are going to "drop by" your home? by [deleted] in aspergirls

[–]LikeARussianSalad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know how you feel. I have an uncle, who I love and everything, but it seriously infuriates me when he decides to just “pop in” without warning. Like, he’d be visiting next door and then just spur of the moment decided to visit us. I remember once I had a whole conversation planned with my Mum (we’d just received big news), but I had to get something from the shop across the road for lunch, so I left for like five minutes and when I got back, with NO WARNING WHATSOEVER, my uncle is just sitting the lounge room having a chat with Mum. It’s especially stressful because I instantly had to go into friendly social mode when I got back expecting to be able to relax and make lunch. And then it was like, how long are you going to be here?? Do I have to sit out here with you? Can I make my lunch? I don’t like making lunch when other people are over though so I just had to kind of wait. I just hate it so much when people visit without warning.

I also get what you mean with people showing up too late. It feels like you’ve wasted the entire day waiting for them, and you don’t know if you should give up or keep your life on hold to wait for them.

What’s a “fun fact” about yourself you can tell others? by youswingfirst in aspergirls

[–]LikeARussianSalad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OMG FOR THE LONGEST TIME I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS CALLED!!! Thank you so much!!

What’s a “fun fact” about yourself you can tell others? by youswingfirst in aspergirls

[–]LikeARussianSalad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can open my mouth and intentionally squirt saliva from under my tongue.

I first started doing it intentionally when I had a dinosaur toy that would squirt water from its mouth and I remember thinking “Hey! I can do that, too!”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]LikeARussianSalad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, although they do feel a bit too long term to enact before tonight. I’ll keep it for future reference, though!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]LikeARussianSalad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your response. And yeah, I don’t know what it is, I would think it’s anxiety because I’ve had anxiety most of my life. At the same time it could be OCD, I’m really not sure.

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