re: #38 Sharmuta

There’s a lot of truth in this. When a girl is raised to not have any respect for herself as an individual, it will be harder for her later in life to draw from the well of self respect one needs to stand up for themselves. This cuts across all cultures in respect to how girls are treated, and frankly the genders too. Lack of self respect is what abusers use as the victims own weapon against them.

It’s the female version of the original Uncle Tom, who bemoaned the idea of Massa not taking care of him any more. For some, freedom is a frightening prospect, to be fled from.