Update added March, 2025. Lundy Bancroft has now been exposed as a predator. Any red lettering in the post below is part of this update. [End of March, 2025 update.] From Lundy Bancroft's lecture link removed by Editors: I spent years and years and years of my life deeply steeped in dealing with abusers. I… Continue reading Misconceptions about abusers are widespread in modern society — Lundy Bancroft DV in Popular Culture Part 1
Thursday Thought — Learned Helplessness, a misapplied concept
Some theorists have mistakenly applied the concept of "learned helplessness" to the situation of battered women and other chronically traumatized people. Such concepts tend to portray the victim as simply defeated or apathetic, whereas in fact a much livelier and more complex inner struggle is usually taking place. In most cases the victim has not… Continue reading Thursday Thought — Learned Helplessness, a misapplied concept
