Quote (nineinchnailz @ Oct 25 2014 05:52am)
This is all just my perceptions, am I wrong?
Mental abuse doesn't get the attention that physical abuse does. We don't think about it on the same level. Hurl an insult that hurts someone's feelings and it's no big deal, but hurl a fist that bruises a cheek and here come the police. A wife can mentally torture a husband for years, and when the man finally snaps and kills her, we would never think about that scenario the same way that we would a prostitute killing her pimp. Why is this? Why is emotional damage devalued and physical damage a sacred cow?
I think it has to do with physical damage being easily quantifiable. You can measure physical damage. You see a bruise, a broken arm, a cut or scrape. You don't see mental anguish. I have no idea what if anything could or should be done about it. It just occurs to me that emotional damage can be worse than physical but is never given the same level of taboo.
This is something I never really thought about until recently, and am intrigued by it. So tell me please what your thoughts are.
Your right and im sure thats why its so under looked and never factored into it even in the media it just always seems like everyone does everything unprovoked. I think this a good thread that touches on an important issue. Our laws are limited to actions. Ive often thought about this. Nobody ever looks into it nobody factors that in to i'm not saying that people who snap and hurt somebody that justifys it but if its not some un provoked action from mental illness it's caused by mental abuse.
Even serial killers if you look statistics they are all abuse whether sexual mentally in some form or another.
This post was edited by Historic on Oct 25 2014 08:21pm