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WCDT Strips 3661-3665 (22nd to 26th January 2018)
ChipNoir:
I'm really not that worried about what Evie is doing 'now', because I've been there. I suppose LGBT member sometimes you look at other people who haven't realized their own feeling and you look at yourself and think "...I owe this person a nudge because they have no idea who they actually are." People have many a time said they had no idea for years that they were gay, because social conditioning puts a block against that being a thing.
Personally I find that bizarre. I pretended to have crushes on girls, and then the moment puberty hit I knew instantly that I wanted to think about boys. A lot. In very overtly hormonal ways. I guess it's just different depending on what you're nurtured into.
Regardless, this could be as simple as Evie, who IS a at least bisexual, seeing someone like herself struggling with complicated feelings and trying to push her towards the truth. The two DID fangirl the hell out if it till they hit a brick wall with Faye's lack of undestanding.
My concern isn't Evie pushing her towards this. My concern is what Evie will do once something actually happens.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 25 Jan 2018, 10:35 ---Just asking some leading questions to get Faye to think. If a mechanic hear's a friend's car and starts asking questions or pointing out that the timing seems off, should they be yelled at for butting in? Why specifically does Evie's psychology training preclude her from talking about the very subject she's studying except in a professional environment?
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But you don't normally need a state license to practice as a mechanic. Electrician or plumber, yes, but I don't know of any state that licenses mechanics. Evie, however, aspires to a professional level beyond that. A medical student would need to tread carefully, and have you seen what practicing attorneys do to law students who cross the line into practicing law before they're admitted to the state bar?
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 25 Jan 2018, 11:07 ---But you don't normally need a state license to practice as a mechanic. Electrician or plumber, yes, but I don't know of any state that licenses mechanics. Evie, however, aspires to a professional level beyond that. A medical student would need to tread carefully, and have you seen what practicing attorneys do to law students who cross the line into practicing law before they're admitted to the state bar?
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The problem is, the line between professional analysis and asking someone about their personal life is quite thin, but anyone can do the latter. To put it another way, if it was Amanda asking the same questions, this wouldn't be an issue. But there really isn't any proffesional malpractice in asking an acquaintance, who is talking about their friend and if they should find them a partner, "do you think that is what they really want?" That kind of insightful question doesn't take training to ask, nor is it particularly out of place.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 25 Jan 2018, 11:39 ---f it was Amanda asking the same questions, this wouldn't be an issue.
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But Amanda doesn't aspire to licensure as a clinical psychologist. Even if nothing ultimately came of it, even if it was logged out as unfounded and the malicious action of a jealous busy-body, the sort of attention a complaint would generate is seldom if ever welcome.
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 25 Jan 2018, 12:15 ---
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 25 Jan 2018, 11:39 ---f it was Amanda asking the same questions, this wouldn't be an issue.
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But Amanda doesn't aspire to licensure as a clinical psychologist. Even if nothing ultimately came of it, even if it was logged out as unfounded and the malicious action of a jealous busy-body, the sort of attention a complaint would generate is seldom if ever welcome.
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I am really, really confused as to what the issue is here. Evie hasn't diagnosed Faye, hasn't pathologised her, hasn't prescribed any therapy or medication. She has just asked a question. It's like saying a doctor would be risking their career if they asked a friend "how are you feeling?". I know there are huge ethical issues around analysing or doing any kind of work with anyone without their knowledge or consent, I do. But I just cannot see any way in which Evie might be violating proffesional boundaries here.
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