PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trait Theory, Stuttering, Visibility Graph
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Picture: someone named matthew sheppard: young, gay man living in wyoming, oct 7. Was found strung up to a gate with shoelaces with his head bashed in: found out he was in a gay bar and was very shy. Two men went in, pretended to be gay and befriended matt. Pretended they were going to hook up with him and ended up tying him up, leaving him to die: was not considered a hate crime at the time, laramie project a play written about this incident. Let"s look at the target"s point of view. Until now, would not have understood his pov. All details we have spoken of until now were from the perspective of the perceiver: but have missed in some way matthew sheppard"s story. The lion"s story will never be told as long as the hunter is telling the story : will never know matthew sheppard"s pov if we speak to the criminals.
