Originally posted by: tinoo
Great point -- but you are making an assumption that "victim" has negative connotations to some people -- and it doesnt. Some see it as a compliment.
I too used to wonder what the problem with some people was when they continually referred to themselves as victims-- but that is because I am an independent person and I dont like a 'bechaara bechaara' attitude either in myself or in others -- so i saw it more as an insult when someone called me a victim of something. -- and therefore this is the assumption that your paradigm has of not being a victim but a survivor.
However, there are people who see the victim tag as a compliment - and love to wallow in self pity and others pity because they bond with people through their problems. So, if this is the case, its hard for people to give up a victim tag -- it gives them comfort.