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The Parallels Between Abuse and Intimate Partnerships
We can easily bounce from one abusive system to the next and not even know it. Or we know what's happening, but without being able to figure out why or do anything differently. Women in particular are more likely to be in an abusive partnership because they have internalized a story that their voice doesn't matter. If you feel the temptation to blame survivors for the multiple forms of abuse they've endured, please resist it. We need to step back and marvel at how hard it is to get away when there are so many places and dynamics which reinforce the same pattern of abuse.