Holy fuck.

[conuly]

This is some sort of belated April Fool's joke, right?

"Now there you go, trying to twist that too. And I don't mind you trying. It's not the woman's fault, it's not blaming the victim, but tell me what self respecting person is going back around someone who beats them?"

Please tell me that people really aren't that stupid. I was under the impression that a lot of this sort of abuse centers around eroding a person's self-respect. So, um, yeah?

And then, on top of that: Let's say you have your self-respect. You don't go back. Where do you live? How do you eat? What about the kids/pets?

Assault is a crime. Domestic violence kills. Humans, not chickens. Some sense, please?

(That's not even the worst of it, but I couldn't take that crap on my journal)

Comments

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

It's because they develop a psych disorder called Stockholm Syndrome -- same reason that abused children try to protect their abusers even though it means continuing to be mistreated. Anybody, if put under certain conditions, will develop it.

Here's a good info page on how it develops, where the name came from, etc.:
http://www.drjoecarver.com/articles_stockholm.html