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After I finished my most recent book, I couldn’t understand why the men in her life were so abusive and controlling of her. I couldn’t make myself get in their mindset or understand why they behaved that way, and I wanted to understand why. I believe there is likely a correlation between beliefs and behavior and oppressive, hierarchal environments like the fundie one she was raised in could explain it.

So much of this is hitting close to home. The content is applicable in unique ways to each individual abuser that I have had the displeasure of being around. Mostly I have been doing okay without being too triggered while listening to the audiobook. Although on lunch today when Bancroft was defining physical violence, I had some revelations...