the fuck do you all mean "he's stupid for still being with his family after they treat him like shit and doesn't have self-respect" do y'all know how abusive relationships and abusive families work??? yes, he's dumb for drinking the water, but what the fuck is with the victim blaming. sure the smart thing to do is leave and not look back but a) they're his only family and victims of abusive familial relationships often feel attached to family due to their abusive upbringing and b) the family clearly has a lot of influence and it's not that easy to leave them behind.
According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, it takes a woman in an abusive relationship to return to their partner an average of 7 times before they leave.
it's really disappointing to see people unintentionally use rhetoric that is commonly used against irl abuse victims to the effect of "well if you were being abused, why didn't you just leave?"
the fuck do you all mean "he's stupid for still being with his family after they treat him like shit and doesn't have self-respect" do y'all know how abusive relationships and abusive families work??? yes, he's dumb for drinking the water, but what the fuck is with the victim blaming. sure the smart thing to do is leave and not look back but a) they're his only family and victims of abusive familial relationships often feel attached to family due to their abusive upbringing and b) the family clearly has a lot of influence and it's not that easy to leave them behind.
According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, it takes a woman in an abusive relationship to return to their partner an average of 7 times before they leave.
it's really disappointing to see people unintentionally use rhetoric that is commonly used against irl abuse victims to the effect of "well if you were being abused, why didn't you just leave?"