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throwaway2331 | 4 years ago
People will allow all sorts of horrendous things to happen, if it serves their interests.
Father rapes his daughter? The mother refuses to believe it: thinks her daughter is only doing it for attention; doesn't want her "perfect" family image to get shattered (plus, daddy dearest pays the bills and funds her lifestyle). Same goes for extended family.
"It couldn't happen in our family." "You know how teenage girls are." "He would never do something like that. I've known him for decades."
Cognitively checking-out, because it's not their "problem." And other forms of dissonance.
Those are only the stats for pregnancy, though. I'm sure the incidence of sexual abuse without pregnancy is higher.
amanaplanacanal|4 years ago