Empathy seems to be lacking all around. Separating empathy or sensitivity for business's sake is, in my opinion (which may be over the top), reprehensible. Being unable or unwilling to even consider that something may be offensive to others regardless of whether you personally are bothered by it seems indicative of a problem, too. I don't know what that problem is, but it was really frustrating that the discussion in the D&G thread as well as in the Casiraghi incident discussion on other forums seemed to turn into some kind of Americans-are-so-PC/oversensitive bash fest. What I've noticed is that the people who are "tired" or "exhausted" of having to be PC "all the time" are typically people who do not belong one of those regularly discriminated against groups. As to whether empathy can be found in fashion? Well, we are talking about an industry that not only protects but approves of Terry Richardson, a man who openly and unabashedly exploits women, placing them in sexually degrading positions and calling it art. So...I'll just say I don't have a lot of faith in them.
