We're all peasants

Yup!

Less accurate.

UNPOPULAR OPINION.

when the evidence is clear those babies feel

I think some people commenting may be victims of abuse and have complicated feelings/still be processing. I'm convinced though that there's no point in trying to get someone to empathize when they've decided that they won't/can't.

So your Aunt died as a result of being with an abuser and you still think it is reasonable to expect women to just pack up and go without At least giving pause to the potentially dangerous consequeneces?

Thank you for being a sane person in a sea of victim-blaming. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is not just violence against a woman- it's threats, it's stalking, it's being controlled finacially, socially, in every way imaginable. The mother in this situation could very much have believed that if spoke to anyone about the abuse or…

But as an abused person, she may not have the same resources as you or me - he may have isolated her from friends or family or even taken away any access to money. These things are necessary to escape. It's way too easy to demonize abuse victims when these things happen. And I understand the urge to protect the…

Ummm, you do know breaking up with an abusive boyfriend is a long, grueling process that could easily leave you and/or all of your children dead, right?

"the person who allowed the abuse to continue" belies a horrifying lack of understanding of DV.

Where in Chicago did you grow up? Because your experience is a world away from mine and I think that's why we aren't agreeing here. I don't believe she is not at all culpable. I believe that the system that makes it so hard for women without resources to get away is more culpable. I also believe that someone can be…

The level of privilege based victim blaming here is off the charts.

It's okay. We'll all be fine. Snowing in CT and I'm not even skeered!

So much amaze. Such wow.