empathy I can do, and my empathy often leads to a very specific outreach (i.e. donating money to a transgendered individual who got kicked out of their home). part of my drive to get rich is to make a better world through research on technologies and opportunities that would lessen the imbalances of education and able-bodiedness. I would LOVE to get in on researching tech for safer/healthier food production, new methods of delivering education to people who don’t learn well with current methods, affordable robotic technology to assist around the house, at school, at work. sympathy I try not to indulge in too much. I think it’s a pretty selfish feeling (it’s the karma-o-matic of the day for privileged people, imho). people in a lesser position of privilege than myself have told me sympathy feels like pity and that’s not what they want. (correct me if I’m wrong?) but you’re right; it is about being as aware, thoughtful, and in-tune a person as possible no matter where you might fall.
could very well be Seattle, that’s true. and probably the fact that my brain chemistry is terrifyingly balanced and I really can act the male as much as the female, so the things that bother many women about a workplace make me feel at home. and my position on all things sexual leaves me open to harassment. I’m betting that what would truly make me feel harassed is a lot further up the “yikes" scale than lots of people.