Today's post is a brilliant decoding of 'abuserese' — the manipulative language that abusers use to evade responsibility for their behavior and to shape other people's perceptions of them. We have re-blogged this post from God Loves Women (original here). The author of the post leads behavior change groups for men who abuse their partners. Many thanks to God Loves Women. If… Continue reading Translating Mark Driscoll
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mistranslation of Scripture, and translation of manipulative language
The Levite’s Concubine — a case study in domestic abuse and how abusers enlist allies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcrkUsq69lk I believe the story of the Levite's concubine is the best case study of domestic abuse bar none. It shows how cunningly abusers predate on their targets, and how the abuser enlists many allies to enable him to engineer destruction on a mass scale, with women often being the most targeted and victimised. This… Continue reading The Levite’s Concubine — a case study in domestic abuse and how abusers enlist allies
