hmichellerose on Nostr: An abusers primary tool is shame. They shame their victims into compliance, they ...

An abusers primary tool is shame. They shame their victims into compliance, they shame their victims into silence, they shame the world into looking the other way.

And this is why Gisele Pelicot is a hero. She knows that this shame is not hers to carry. And so she says go on and look at it. Watch all those videos and see the shame, I won’t hide because this shame isn’t mine.

Discussing these things openly, without the shame, is how you stop the monsters. She’s got it exactly right.