> getting abused does not influence intelligence No, but short of severe head trauma, nobody claims that it does. This almost reads like an argument invented

> getting abused does not influence intelligence No, but short of severe head trauma, nobody claims that it does. This almost reads like an argument invented for the purpose of gaslighting abuse. Abuse could severely impact a person's emotional development, though, and therefore how they treat people later in life, or allow themselves to be treated, with potentially dire consequences.