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Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse.

Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse.

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Abuse, Definitions, Definition Of Love
bell hooks (2018). “All About Love: New Visions”, p.8, HarperCollins

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.

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Children, Addiction, Abuse

Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger.

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People, Abuse, Might
bell hooks (2014). “Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black”, p.97, Routledge

Abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. No one can rightfully claim to be loving when behaving abusively.

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Opposites, Abuse, Foundation

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