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0 pointsdiob4y ago0 comments

Why do folks stay in abusive relationships or situations?

Humans are complicated. I can't explain their point of view or the context, but I'm sure there's a reason. Sometimes it can be financial even. Trauma is a hell of a thing.

Think about kids who've been abused by their parents. They typically still can't help but try and earn their love. Human brains are. . . fucky, to say the least.

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raducu4y ago

> Why?

Why does Stockholm syndrome exist?

Because it benefits survival in a violent world.

Not politically correct, and absolutely not condoning violence, but a lot of women have a deep primeval sexual response(they lubricate) to displays of physical strength, dominance, aggression and violence.

ceejayoz4y ago

> Why does Stockholm syndrome exist?

It might not.

https://twitter.com/sezmohammed/status/1252500993972948992

raducu4y ago

What about occam's razor? I mean, setting aside the insinuations of woke individuals.

Does Stockholm syndrome exist?

No doubt in my mind that it exists from the Sabine Women to the Abduction at Shiloh and every ancient siege aftermath to the war brides of WW2, the evidence is overwhelming.

ceejayoz4y ago

> Sabine Women

May be entirely mythical, and certainly doesn't leave us with any useful evidence to evaluate from a psychotherapy standpoint.

> Abduction at Shiloh

OK, second pre-Christ example on the list, with only the Bible as evidence of its occurrence. Not super promising.

> war brides of WW2

I'm reasonably certain that didn't involve kidnapping at all.

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hello43534y ago

"they lubricate". The same applies to some men(dominatrix, mistress, bdsm). How to reason this? My point is this is not gender specific.

raducu4y ago

Can you explain how men lubricate?

I'm not sure why people get triggered by anybody mentioning these facts. Do you think that I or others are saying women should have no agency because they lubricate or "worse" have orgasms during rape?

> My point is this is not gender specific

I think the only stuff that is firewalled into gender specificity could be stuff that's in the Y chromosome, and even that would be debatable.

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raducu4y ago

> Why?

Why does Stockholm syndrome exist?

Because it benefits survival in a violent world.

ceejayoz4y ago

> Why does Stockholm syndrome exist?

It might not.

https://twitter.com/sezmohammed/status/1252500993972948992

raducu4y ago

What about occam's razor? I mean, setting aside the insinuations of woke individuals.

Does Stockholm syndrome exist?

No doubt in my mind that it exists from the Sabine Women to the Abduction at Shiloh and every ancient siege aftermath to the war brides of WW2, the evidence is overwhelming.

ceejayoz4y ago

> Sabine Women

May be entirely mythical, and certainly doesn't leave us with any useful evidence to evaluate from a psychotherapy standpoint.

> Abduction at Shiloh

OK, second pre-Christ example on the list, with only the Bible as evidence of its occurrence. Not super promising.

> war brides of WW2

I'm reasonably certain that didn't involve kidnapping at all.

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hello43534y ago

"they lubricate". The same applies to some men(dominatrix, mistress, bdsm). How to reason this? My point is this is not gender specific.

raducu4y ago

Can you explain how men lubricate?

> My point is this is not gender specific

I think the only stuff that is firewalled into gender specificity could be stuff that's in the Y chromosome, and even that would be debatable.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse