http://whatprivilege.com/abuse-cycles-from-macrocosm-to-microcosm/ so you think you don't have any Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://whatprivilege.com/abuse-cycles-from-macrocosm-to-microcosm/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Eme Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:29:35 +0000 http://blindprivilege.com/?p=90#comment-2034 "Why do most people caught in an abuse cycle (social or familial) not pass it on?" They either: fear social rejection (which many strive for since they probably didn't get it at home/the workplace), turn their anger inwards, get help, tell themselves that they'll be better- that they'll never do what their parents/the world did- often just to spite their parents/the world, or [insert another reason I don't know here]. I've been guilty of the first four, actually. “Why do most people caught in an abuse cycle (social or familial) not pass it on?”
They either: fear social rejection (which many strive for since they probably didn’t get it at home/the workplace), turn their anger inwards, get help, tell themselves that they’ll be better- that they’ll never do what their parents/the world did- often just to spite their parents/the world, or [insert another reason I don't know here].
I’ve been guilty of the first four, actually.

]]> http://whatprivilege.com/abuse-cycles-from-macrocosm-to-microcosm/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Who’s your favorite fictional feminist? | The Hathor Legacy Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:35:54 +0000 http://blindprivilege.com/?p=90#comment-1242 [...] Linton, Wuthering Heights. If you understand WH as a psychological portrayal of class abuse leading to multi-generational familial abuse and abuse cycles in general, what happens at the end is that Cathy renders Heathcliff’s [...] [...] Linton, Wuthering Heights. If you understand WH as a psychological portrayal of class abuse leading to multi-generational familial abuse and abuse cycles in general, what happens at the end is that Cathy renders Heathcliff’s [...]

]]> http://whatprivilege.com/abuse-cycles-from-macrocosm-to-microcosm/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Anemone Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:47:55 +0000 http://blindprivilege.com/?p=90#comment-1088 The idea that group violence can train people for individual violence makes a lot of sense. And it makes sense that older individuals would use group violence to train younger individuals into being more violent. ("Welcome to the club.") Not something I would have thought of. The idea that group violence can train people for individual violence makes a lot of sense. And it makes sense that older individuals would use group violence to train younger individuals into being more violent. (“Welcome to the club.”) Not something I would have thought of.

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