In this article, I explore why the reporting process often inflicts a deeper wound than the original trauma. From the information void to the weaponisation of radical acceptance.
#InstitutionalBetrayal
#SelfAdvocacy
#TheSecondWound #SocialCareReform
#MoralInjury
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New article #OpenAccess
Examining institutional dynamics following #SexualViolence perpetrated by pastors against adult congregation members, focusing on the lived experiences of #InstitutionalBetrayal and post-abuse coercive control #ChurchAbuse
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I used to believe that systems were safety nets. I was prepared for them to be slow, and I was prepared for them to be apathetic.
But I was not prepared for them to be offended.
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#Advocacy #SystemicChange #ProfessionalIntegrity #InstitutionalBetrayal #Leadership
Administrative Waterboarding is designed to exhaust the witness until they have no air left to protest. Take the power back: Stop the recital. #SystemicReform #Advocacy #InstitutionalBetrayal open.substack.com/pub/levinare...
damemagazine.com - DAME magazine Support Us The failure of trusted institutions to do what we expect them to — keep people safe, protect them, hold bad actors accountable — deepens trauma and its costs to individuals and collectives by eviscerating social trust. The trauma stems not only from interpersonal violence but also from the awareness that a collective body purporting to be just and protective is the opposite, instead more likely to punish the vulnerable than to help them. DARVO: The Favorite Weapon of Institutional Self-Protection
damemagazine.com - DAME magazine Support Us Freyd's work also led her to another concept with incredible value and usefulness today, DARVO. DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It's a pattern Freyd identified in how perpetrators of violence respond when confronted. However, institutions also use this strategy, and they often have more power and resources, allowing them to be more effective than individuals. Today, DARVO is a weapon wielded against the public by people and institutions meant to represent and protect us as citizens. The handling of the Epstein files, for instance, follows the classic abuser's playbook identified by Freyd: the obstruction, and then slow-walk, of selectively redacted release of information (Deny); the constant discrediting and threatening of survivors (Attack); the protection of powerful men's identities, reputations, and privacy (Reverse Victim and Offender). Asymmetrical power and the government's use of "transparency" have exposed victims' identities while masking those of the powerful. At various points, their names. Faces. Bodies. Addresses. Families.
“…The trauma stems not only from interpersonal violence but also from the awareness that a collective body purporting to be just and protective is the opposite, instead more likely to punish the vulnerable than to help them.” #DARVO #InstitutionalBetrayal #Trauma #CollectiveTrauma #ICEGestapo
#MissKittyPolitics
I'm a problem for the state of New York.
@governor.ny.gov
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Senator #Gillibrand voted for H.R. 7148 despite #ICE having a $75B OBBBA slush fund.[2] This wasn't about "essential services"; it was about surrendering to the detention machine. #InstitutionalBetrayal
#MissKittyPolitics
#MissKittyRealityCheck Senate Edition
@ossoff.senate.gov claims we need H.R. 7148 to prevent shutdown. Fact: ICE already had a $75B OBBBA slush fund with ZERO oversight. This wasn't about "services," it was about continuing a lawless enforcement regime. #InstitutionalBetrayal
Constantly dreading his return
#LegalProtection #SurvivorRights #SurvivorStory #HealingFromAbuse #BreakingFree #TraumaRecovery #YouAreNotAlone #ReclaimingPower #InstitutionalBetrayal #BelieveSurvivors #SystemicFailure #AdvocacyMatters #AccountabilityNow
The millitary's response to her domstic violence issues
#LegalProtection #SurvivorRights #SurvivorStory #HealingFromAbuse #BreakingFree #TraumaRecovery #YouAreNotAlone #ReclaimingPower #InstitutionalBetrayal #BelieveSurvivors #SystemicFailure #AdvocacyMatters #AccountabilityNow
#MoralInjury is a consequence of a #Leadership failure and a pernicious sub-culture of #InstitutionalDenial
We support this #harm & allow for #InstitutionalBetrayal by going along with it or working with such cultures
The institutions we deserve?
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“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
— Thomas Mann
#MoralInjury results from experiencing #institutionalbetrayal in systems where tolerated wrong doing is the means to advance and maintain power
Bystander effects of distorted tolerance prevents the growth of socially just communities
Domestic Abuse doesn’t Respect office hours
But do people in your office & organisations really respect or understand domestic abuse survivors?
#InstitutionalIntegrity
#InstitutionalCourage
#InstitutionalBetrayal
The endgame of performative policy
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One Bad apple
Two bad Apples
The Whole Orchard needs fixing
#Discrimination #InstitutionalBetrayal #Integrity #LanguageMatters
Thanks @sharongchiara.bsky.social for sharing
Excellent read from Dr Shereen Daniels
Useful for all Inquiries
Racism
Misogyny
Ageism
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A reflection on neutrality
When should we remain neutral?
Why do we choose to stay neutral in the face of wrongs?
Why is neutrality a trap of our own making?
#LanguageMatters #Gaslighting #InstitutionalBetrayal #DVAM
#CSA #CSE #Integrity
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‘The Party is Over'
Murmure confronts the Absurd Spectacle of the End Times
In an absurd & disastrous world, do we gravitate toward cynicism or levity?
The choice of attitude is Ours
For the artist duo, both are the only option.
#InstitutionalBetrayal #Integrity #Transparency
The courageous Dr. Jennifer Freyd just published an op-ed on replacing betrayal with courage and releasing all of the Epstein files.
#metoomovement
#institutionalbetrayal
#EpsteinFiles
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New op-ed:
"We also know that when survivors are not respected, and are castigated for sharing their truths, their healing is delayed, and further harm is perpetrated."
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
#epsteinfiles #survivors #accountability #violence #gbv #institutionalbetrayal #institutionalcourage
Secret serving military personnel in plain clothes maintained order in UK migrant hotels, until the government pulled them out for civilian hospitality firms.
Discover the hidden operation and its fallout: thomaster.substack.com/p/free-milit... #SecretSoldiers #InstitutionalBetrayal
