He May Be Abusing Women To Vindicate His Mother
The Wounded Feminine Inside the Abusive Male: Is He Acting Out His Mother’s Pain, or His Father’s Example?
“He will present as scary, and oppressive to his family, just as his father had in his past.”
The abusive male in romantic relationships, is he acting out his mother’s pain, or his father’s example?
When hearing of abusive relationships, for the sake of analysis, this is a question I have pondered. It is a random thought I will submit for your consideration.
Could it be that the classic abusive male archetype that is labeled narcissist, chauvinist, childish, controlling, and/or manipulative, is an adult boy desperate to vindicate an abused mother?
Abusive males are most often presumed to be repeating pattern adopted from abusive fathers, consciously or subconsciously. He may grow to be cruel to women and children just as his father was. He will pride himself in “laying down the law” because his father “laid down the law”. He will present as scary, and oppressive to his family, just as his father had in his past.
He will cheat and lie to his mate because his father did. The assumption, when hearing of…
