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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don't understand the abuse dynamic with Celeste and Perry. How can the therapist be telling her to leave him and to prepare a way to get out when Celeste admits that she hits him too? Isn't that sexist of the therapist to assume Celeste is the only being abused when Celeste tells her it's mutual and often leads to sex? I'm so confused! [/quote]

"I hit him too" is an excuse that domestic violence victims often offer up in defense of their abuser.  What they are depicting is a scenario in which they fight off their abuser and defend themselves (like Celeste does), not a scenario in which they aggressively lash out, out of nowhere, and abuse their mates and inflict traumatic physical pain.

Women who are physically abused come up with all kinds of excuses why they are to blame (or are somehow equally responsible) for their state of physical abuse.

-- I hit him too
-- I provoke him
-- I'm dishonest
-- I talked to another man/flirted/look at another man
-- I don't do what he asks
-- The home is messy (like Celeste not picking up the toys)
-- I don't have sex enough, or the right way

None of this matters.  None of it excuses abuse.[/quote]

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