This is what a dominance hierarchy demands of those who have less social power - that they endure abuse with stoicism. - Elle Beau ❇︎

·Feb 8

This is what a dominance hierarchy demands of those who have less social power - that they endure abuse with stoicism.

…t come for free. Women are not specially endowed by nature with the capacity to tolerate trauma and endure violence without complaint, even though that capacity has become the definition of ‘strength’ in marginalized people. A strong woman is a woman who suffers in silence. A strong man is a man who inflicts suffering on o…

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