Abuse is abuse. Separating physical abuse from moral abuse and thiniking it is worse is a very modern idea. Before, slapping a child was not abuse, now it is.

Abuse is abuse. Separating physical abuse from moral abuse and thiniking it is worse is a very modern idea. Before, slapping a child was not abuse, now it is. But that doesnt mean before the abuse of children did not exist, just that a slap was not considered abuse if it was justified. Personally i think moral abuse can be far far worse than physical... in part because people have harder times to take the decision to leave. Im not even defending sean connery's point here, just trying to make some sense in why he could be something else than THE BIG EVIL for having this opinion at that time.