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farmer15erf t1_j1jh023 wrote

Reply to comment by Alfred-Fallon-Borden in Texas coach Chris Beard's fiancee says he didn't strangle her. by PrincessBananas85

Unfortunately being able to prosecute is hard when victims find ways to blame themselves

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acfox13 t1_j1k262l wrote

Victims are conditioned by their abuser to blame themselves. It's an effective manipulation tactic.

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The_Woman_of_Gont t1_j1k7qzo wrote

Yup. It’s part of why a lot of states will decide to charge these sorts of crimes unilaterally without regard to input from the victims. The amount of abused individuals willing to voluntarily cooperate with charging their abuser with a crime, and not ask that they be dropped, is frighteningly small.

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