Being Powerless To Stop You Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Abuse

There’s nothing more offensive than insisting a victim didn’t fight hard enough.

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Not all abusers come at you with snarling faces and their hands clenched in anger. Some of them smile and saunter up bearing gifts.

Manipulating people is just as much an act of abuse as assaulting them, and can…