Conditional Acceptance
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What it is
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offering sympathy or belonging while making full acceptance depend on changing or concealing something about oneself
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Why it matters
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A position can be gentler than its surroundings while still denying equal standing.
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Diagnotic question
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would the acceptance continue if the person stayed as they are and stopped apologizing for it?
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