Abuse Occurs within a System, Not in Isolation

By Pauline Zimmerman, auther of  I Heard and Saw Before I Knew (2021)

Abuse happens within a system of people; it is not simply between the offender and the victim. It doesn’t occur in isolation, but rather where there is community, family, and friends.

My family laid a foundation for my abuse through an environment and a belief system that they created. For example, my father tickled me inappropriately when I was a child. I slapped him. When my mother saw that I had hit him, she scolded me instead of asking why I slapped him. This gave me the message that I was bad. Here I was attempting to stop his behavior, but his behavior was not important to her and she did not address it.

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