foofoobunny

hello!

I don't think you are losing compassion, but connection to others. They don't accept what you give, so you start to resent them for not validating your wisdom/ your ideas/ your experiences etc. Somebody else pointed it out in a similar fashion. To have compassion would mean you would be able to see that there are reasons that hold others in their positions in life, even if that reason was ignorance or some other kind of weakness.

Rape wasn't seen as bad to the barbarians who did it to women who weren't part of their tribe, yes. But obviously it was bad to those who were dealt pain from that very act. The idea of it being bad isn't just because it is inferred from morals or social landscape; it's that pain was dealt, thus it is regarded as bad to those who were dealt that pain. Morals and ethics aside, you can't take into account the reasons behind rape yet omit the direct, physical consequences it has on the victims.