It definetely is an issue that warrants deeper investigation -- I think that this survey is meant as a start, not an end.
It's infamous the degree to which people's own feelings can be out of sync with the reality of their situations (in ways both good and bad).
This is true, but it's true for everyone. It's not just that someone may feel uncomfortable when someone else doesn't intend for them to, but that someone may cause someone discomfort without intending to. I think in US culture we tend to say that the former person is just "seeing things" or "making it up", and not least since (at least in my experience of these situations) the former person tends to be someone with less social, economic, and even physical power, I think that warrants challenging.
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It's infamous the degree to which people's own feelings can be out of sync with the reality of their situations (in ways both good and bad).
This is true, but it's true for everyone. It's not just that someone may feel uncomfortable when someone else doesn't intend for them to, but that someone may cause someone discomfort without intending to. I think in US culture we tend to say that the former person is just "seeing things" or "making it up", and not least since (at least in my experience of these situations) the former person tends to be someone with less social, economic, and even physical power, I think that warrants challenging.