<i>The professor is the one who brought up the safe place terminology in this instance. Not the student.</i><p>I guess &quot;safe space&quot; (quoted as a term under discussion) isn&#x27;t really the right term here - but the student is the one who raised the issue of &quot;victimization&quot;, which to my mind is really more what we&#x27;re talking about than actual safe spaces as you defined them.  So on this point, that might actually be good feedback to that professor, because I think struggling with the terminology in this particular topic is common.<p><i>One thing to realize ...is the context of love ...in many evangelical circles</i><p>As a conservative evangelical myself, your explanation of the Christian concept of love is somewhat confusing and contradictory to me.  But putting that aside, I still don&#x27;t see how this student felt &quot;victimized&quot;, unless now any negative feeling or emotion makes one a victim.  Feeling guilty for failing to live up to a standard is a negative feeling, but I don&#x27;t think it makes one a victim (and if it does, then I think the word victim becomes utterly void of meaning).