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KayleeSaeihr

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Beautiful post, Omnes.

Textbooks aren't the most reliable sources of information. They are generally written by one or at most two authors, those authors usually have some sort of agenda (especially in a field such as this), and they have free reign to include whatever they choose -- including both text and reports of studies -- in their textbooks.

Students in the past were assigned textbooks on phrenology, which of course is completely discredited now. Psychology students in the past were taught that autism was caused by emotionally distant parents. Medical students in the past were taught all sorts of rubbish. Textbooks are simply someone's words. If what they say doesn't jibe with recent and reliable studies, they're suspect.

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Intimate terrorism on the other hand, is much more severe and all-encompassing. It is really about one partner controlling and systematically undermining (and often isolating) the other partner. All forms of violence here is much more severe, and there are often more kinds of violence-- emotional, psychological, sexual, financial, etc. Intimate terrorism is what drives people to shelters. (And people only go to shelters if they have no-where else to go-- no friends or family to take them in-- and not enough money to pay for accommodations.) Intimate terrorism is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men on women. More than 90% of this kind of partner abuse is perpetrated by men on women. Of the small proportion of victims who are men, most of their violent partners are also men; and of the small proportion of perpetrators that are women, most of their victims are also women. Some women do perpetrate this kind of violence on men-- it is extremely rare.

Do you have any evidence to support this hypothesis?

Beautiful post, Omnes.

Textbooks aren't the most reliable sources of information. They are generally written by one or at most two authors, those authors usually have some sort of agenda (especially in a field such as this), and they have free reign to include whatever they choose -- including both text and reports of studies -- in their textbooks.

Students in the past were assigned textbooks on phrenology, which of course is completely discredited now. Psychology students in the past were taught that autism was caused by emotionally distant parents. Medical students in the past were taught all sorts of rubbish. Textbooks are simply someone's words. If what they say doesn't jibe with recent and reliable studies, they're suspect.

Trust no one. Trust nothing. Everyone has an agenda; a creed to push, and they're looking out only for 'number one'. :rolleyes:

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