01-26-2007, 02:12 PM
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notes from off stage 5
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Intellectual abuse is necessary to destroy a woman's
belief in herself. To have her doubt her perceptions.
If you are not sure if you have been abused, then
you certainly have been a victim of intellectual abuse.
One of the reasons why women do not leave the
abuser, is because they don't believe they are
capable of doing it.
They don't know where they will live, how they
will live, because they are not merely financially
dependent on the abuser, they are mentally
dependent.
They have been taught to defer to the husband
for everything from a leaky pipe to what colour
they should paint the bathroom.
They doubt their abilities, believe they are
incapable of taking care of themselves.
This is one of the reasons why the woman
doesn't leave the relationship. She doesn't
believe in herself anymore.
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