Coop 15,354 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Lady Gaga has told how she was raped at the age of 19 by a man 20 years her senior. “I suffer from PTSD,” she said in a Today show interview on the US network NBC. “I’ve never told anyone that before.” On Saturday, on Twitter, Piers Morgan tweeted a CNN piece headlined “Lady Gaga: ‘I have PTSD’” with his response: “No, soldiers returning from battlefields do. Enough of this vain-glorious nonsense.” He followed this with another tweet to his 5.3 million followers – “I come from a big military family. It angers me when celebrities start claiming ‘PTSD’ about everything to promote themselves” – before casting doubt on the experiences of sexual assault described by both Lady Gaga and Madonna. --- These comments and their trickle-down effect are dangerous for many reasons, and they need to be addressed not just with dissenting voices, but with facts. Because on the subject of PTSD – post-traumatic stress disorder – Morgan seems to be bafflingly ignorant. --- The National Institute of Mental Health, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, states that the trauma that causes the distress is actually not always “dangerous”. And, in fact, women are more likely to develop PTSD than men. Why? The high incidence of sexual violence. The World Health Organisation states that the prevalence of sexual violence faced by women and the correspondingly high rate of PTSD renders women the largest single group of people affected by this disorder. Read the full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/15/piers-morgan-ptsd-lady-gaga-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-soldiers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Peters 10,755 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 We don't need an article to know he's wrong; it's called common sense lmao emma roberts is an abuser Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 here comes the gaga curse https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop 15,354 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 minute ago, Evan Peters said: We don't need an article to know he's wrong; it's called common sense lmao We don't, but it's nice too see they're actually taking Gaga's side. Even the people who commented. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gaga 22,948 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, lego said: oh my god, the headline Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitsua 27 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Wait, based on the ages, doesn't this clear Fusari of rape allegations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayonetta 9,844 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, ryanripley said: here comes the gaga curse What is with you and that gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Just now, Paris Hilton said: What is with you and that gif https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, Nitsua said: Wait, based on the ages, doesn't this clear Fusari of rape allegations? No and off topic. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf 1,328 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, lego said: "Take note: Morgan immediately frames the idea as a “debate,” as if either of those issues needed to be debated: women’s reluctance to report rape, and the reasons for this, are well-established facts, as is the relationship between PTSD and rape. But since we’re living in a post-truth world, established evidence is no match for the stubborn doubt of an asinine white man:" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic 11,922 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, Paris Hilton said: What is with you and that gif That gif is more @yASSsss The hardest thing in this world is to live in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWinchester 41,390 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 48 minutes ago, lego said: Flyin' like a 1000 Doves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWinchester 41,390 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 43 minutes ago, Paris Hilton said: What is with you and that gif Lack of creativity mixed with murderous intent @ryanripley Flyin' like a 1000 Doves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 PTSD is not only for soldiers, it's when something Traumatic happened and causes you a lot of diStress. Piers Morgan is a moron and should apologize Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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