[ SECRET POST #2469 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2469 ⌋

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Comments

Re: It's "hysterical."

[(Anonymous)]

I'm wondering - is gaslighting derived from the play/movie?

Re: It's "hysterical."

[(Anonymous)]

Think so.

Re: It's "hysterical."

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

I have no idea, I thought it was something Emilie Autumn made up. What is the play about?

Re: It's "hysterical."

[(Anonymous)]

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Re: It's "hysterical."

[(Anonymous)]

Was there supposed to be more to that, or am I missing something?

Re: It's "hysterical."

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

Sigh. I don't know what happened to the rest.

Re: It's "hysterical."

[kamino_neko]

It's about a man trying to convince his wife she's going crazy. The method which gave the play its name was gradually lowering the gaslight and telling her it was every bit as bright as it was before, and she was just imagining things.

And, yes, the play is, in fact, the origin of the term.

Re: It's "hysterical."

[(Anonymous)]

Gas Light, the play:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Light

Movie version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslight_%281944_film%29

Gaslighting as psychological abuse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting

The play is basically about a guy who is up to no good. In order to prevent his wife from getting suspicious and alerting the authorities, he tries to make her believe she is going insane by insisting the strange things she notices are not really happening. Calling someone "hysterical" can be a form of gaslighting in that historically people have thrown the term at women to dismiss any of their concerns or complaints as the product of a disturbed mind or a weak, female sensibility and not legitimate issues that ought to be addressed.