OPINION | Survivor’s story: how having an absent father set me on the path to domestic violence
Boys who grow up in these sorts of households are more likely to become perpetrators of violence, and the girls the victims
03 December 2023 - 19:32
My father was the only son of an only son of an only son. He was brought up to believe he could walk on water — simply because he was a man. He felt entitled to behave as though everyone was there to serve him and be subordinate to him...
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