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Max Dancona, you continue cyber-harassing me, even after multiple requests for you to cease & desist. You seem to be a provocateur operating a troll account, behind which you play willfully obtuse.

This essay does not contain the words 'sexual assault,' 'rape,' 'forgiveness,' or 'excuse.'

The sentence you highlighted conveys that women who abuse boys & men often lack power/control in their own lives, so they try to overcompensate by exerting power/control over the boys & men they victimize––that research-based perspective is not framed as a definitive directive or piece of advice.

Contextualizing a woman’s abusive behavior is worlds apart from excusing her abusive behavior. The former (contextualizing) can empower some victims to realize their perpetrator was never more powerful to begin with.

Consent extends to online forums such as this one; so, once more: cease and desist.

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Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed., Ed.M.
Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed., Ed.M.

Written by Araya Baker, M.Phil.Ed., Ed.M.

Araya Baker is a counselor, suicidologist, and policy analyst.

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