Watching the Kavanaugh hearing (especially his interaction with Sen. Klobuchar) it’s important to know what DARVO is.
‘DARVO refers to a reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior.’
‘DARVO refers to a reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior.’
‘DARVO stands for "Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender." The perpetrator or offender may Deny the behavior, Attack the individual doing the confronting, and Reverse the roles of Victim and Offender...’
‘such that the perpetrator assumes the victim role and turns the true victim -- or the whistle blower -- into an alleged offender. This occurs, for instance, when an actually guilty perpetrator assumes the role of "falsely accused" and attacks the accuser's credibility...’
‘and blames the accuser of being the perpetrator of a false accusation.’
Credit: Reddit user/ PoppinKream
Example:
Credit: Reddit user/ PoppinKream
Example:
This is a full clip of the Kavanaugh-Klubacher interaction. He involuntarily sneers at certain trigger words used by Klubacher: ‘alcoholism, binge drinking,’ ‘sober,’ ‘roommates.’ The facial expression indicates disdain.
