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> She comes from such a traditional family, that if they somehow found out they’d literally likely commit suicide. "they" in this case is the family finding ou
by vmception 4y ago
> She comes from such a traditional family, that if they somehow found out they’d literally likely commit suicide.
"they" in this case is the family finding out and the family committing suicide? or did "they" change mid-sentence. Sounds bad for any party finding out, just trying to understand the threat model here. If your primary partner found out about the widely reported data leak existing and becoming suicide sounds now extremely probable. The other possible readings of that sentence are, extreme, but less extreme in probability.
Just a couple readings of this that aren't clear.
- pinot 4y agoIt’s perfectly clear given the context.. no one’s family member commits suicide over finding out their relative is gay.
- prepend 4y agoI think GP is saying there are countries with stigma against homosexuality that family members would kill themselves to find out that their children were gay. That’s what I understood.
- lostgame 4y agoAbsolutely, 100%.
- vmception 4y agoNarrator: it wasn’t clear. The family member was who was being referred to.
- dev_tty01 4y agoYou are fortunate to have grown up in a culture where that is mostly true. However, in some cultures, the "shame" of that disclosure about their child is considered worse than death. Horrifically sad, but true.
- gverrilla 4y ago"culture" or torture chamber?
- lostgame 4y agoHer parents, sorry. Edited. A very similar thing happened to her friend, so it’s a reasonable concern. Her home country is fucked in that regard.