Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
The Bible's teachings on divorce are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In Christian advocacy spaces there's this idea going around that when writing about divorce it's okay to fit the jigsaw puzzle pieces together any old which way, so long as you come to an ethical conclusion. An ethical conclusion — doesn't entrap women… Continue reading The jigsaw puzzle of divorce texts in the Bible. Putting the pieces together to reach an ethical conclusion is not enough.
The term "Trauma Bonding" is just as victim-blaming as when women were diagnosed with "Hysteria" or "wandering womb" or "Stockholm syndrome". Many people use the term "Trauma Bonding" (just like many people used to believe Hysteria and wandering womb were real). But it's not based in actual truth or things that are factual. It's entirely… Continue reading The term “trauma bonding” is invalid and victim-blaming. It was coined by misogynist Patrick Carnes.
