Red Flags & Consent · L2 · Manipulation tactics, unpacked

Harm doesn't turn into loyalty

Pro8 minLesson 6

By the end you'll be able to

Explain why insults, abuse and humiliation are neither a "frame" nor teaching material.

Key ideas

Abuse traded for loyaltyVerbal abuse

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This is the lesson's opening question. It's free to play.

Someone online shares their "experience": "Be a little harsh with your partner and threaten to break up now and then. They'll cling to you more. That's loyalty." The post has tons of likes.

When someone treated this way becomes "clingier," what's most likely going on?

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