My mother is literally worse than my father, but of course movies and tv shows love their cliches and never show reality for what it is.
Also wtf is the “Abused child forgive abusive parent and reunite happily ever after” trope, fuck that shit. Abusers do not deserve forgiveness.
I hate writer jesus christ ffs.
Edit: typo
I wouldn’t say never and when they are people have harder time noticing because it requires pretty high emotional intelligence to understand that shit ain’t right.
Woman’s abuse just looks different. It is verbal and behavioral generally speaking. Woman can say something to the child and nobody in the room will notice. The kid sure knew what’s up tho.