> In the UK, 'self-harm' is used specifically to refer to what used to be called cutting [one's] wrists. It's not intended to mean any action that has negative

> In the UK, 'self-harm' is used specifically to refer to what used to be called cutting [one's] wrists. It's not intended to mean any action that has negative consequences for oneself. Definitions slip over time. Violence, abuse, sexual assault, etc, were previously all physical acts. Then they became mental acts, and now just the perception is devastating. > Remember, these are politicians: they have no understanding of abstraction and generalisation, and think that generalisation is the act of creating stereotypes. In the moment. But a future politician can reasonably interpret the same idea differently.