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Domestic Violence is about power and control caused of the DV Perpetrator/Aggressor towards the survivor. DV perpetrators use a myriad of tactics to control the
by balls187 6y ago
Domestic Violence is about power and control caused of the DV Perpetrator/Aggressor towards the survivor. DV perpetrators use a myriad of tactics to control the relationship with the "victim": financial, physical, emotional, children, and sex.
While the "victim" does bear some responsibility, it's usually with regards to how they are unable (or unwilling) to end a relationship with a DV perpetrator.
- recursive 6y agoDamore should have just got a new job. I think I agree with this analogy.
- balls187 6y agoYou're being reductive about my explanation about the role a survivor plays in a DV relationship. Recognizing, understanding, and ultimately forgiving yourself for why a person was in a DV relationship is part of the process survivors go through in order to move past it. I know. I'm a survivor.
- recursive 6y agoIn case it wasn't clear I don't actually think DV is the fundamentally the consequence of the victims action.