> This seems weird to me because they mainly just argue that abusing kids is bad, which I think is an extremely uncontroversial opinion. This shouldn't be a co

> This seems weird to me because they mainly just argue that abusing kids is bad, which I think is an extremely uncontroversial opinion. This shouldn't be a controversial opinion, but it is. Corporal punishment is still legal [0], and is now being reintroduced in some schooling systems in the US [1]. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" are still common phrases in use, despite this research. Particularly, mental illness research looking at genetic factors [2] [3], can cause people to downplay trauma-related mental illness, leading to things like "they were weak; other people can survive this", or my favorite "I went through that and I was fine, what's your problem" (N=1, but this last I heard _while someone was discussing their SA experience_). We unfortunately need research like this and the linked below to provide common ground for the discussions needed to prevent abuse. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766273/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766273/ [1] https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/03/passing-the-paddle-some-missouri-school-districts-cling-to-corporal-punishment/ https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/03/passing-the-paddl... [2] https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/common-genetic-factors-found-5-mental-disorders https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/common-... [3] https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/genes-and-mental-illness https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/genes-and-mental-illness