Most people (and most of our social institutions) do not know how to honour the many creative ways victims resist abuse, oppression and violence. Rather than seeing and honoring a victim’s resistance, they see the victim’s responses to the abuse as indicating her deficiency or defectiveness. And because they see her as deficient, they put… Continue reading How victim’s responses to abuse are mis-labelled, and how abusers’ tactics of abuse are mis-labelled.
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When we want to see good in everyone — a lesson from Pride and Prejudice
Some people assume the best to a fault. Sometimes they even do this to the detriment of others. Some of us may have been like that, or maybe still are. It's a trap for young players on this earth, especially young females and Christians who are taught it is wrong to think anything slighting about anyone. For anyone… Continue reading When we want to see good in everyone — a lesson from Pride and Prejudice
