Thread by @usnehal

I am trying to understand this response. Yes, #mentalhealth access is very limited & victims of abuse or domestic violence are at risk: ~3 women are killed daily by domestic violence.

Generational trauma can create perpetrators in subsequent generations. #GhislaineMaxwell

https://twitter.com/wolodya/status/1476704417676156932

As a #pediatrician I have one signed papers & worked with authorities to evaluate a family situation, even remove children from a home.

Working in #emergencymedicine we also had children boarding for days due to lack of access.

Access *is* limited.

wbur.org/news/2021/02/0…

As I learned more about disparities & social justice & bias, I began to understand that *the system* is the source of “broken” Black & brown families, criminalizing certain parenting while much worse is *not* identified in privileged families.

time.com/5946929/child-…

In #GhislaineMaxwell, her status, privilege, charm did not fit our mental models of “abuser.”

“Gender stereotypes have kept us from developing a clear picture of female abusers. Today, female predation remains under-reported to authorities”

slate.com/news-and-polit…

Abuse is not as clear cut as our mental models of it nor is anyone’s role static. It is classic for abusers to be both victim & abuser - either victims as children who become abusers or concurrently victim & abuser.

That’s why accountability is hard.

news.northeastern.edu/2021/12/21/ghi…

Yes, we need much more access & funding for #mentalhealth. We remove Black & brown children from homes…

…but the wealthiest families are allowed to traumatize their children, groomed to become abusers & to become CEO & heads of boards for philanthropy

nj.com/somerset/2013/…

Anger at abusers is a very human response…but if only respond with anger, won’t break the cycle of #trauma & abuse

We keep letting the people in #leadership mischaracterize their pathology as “grit” & “strength” & “personal excellence”
Really? narcissism gsb.stanford.edu/insights/how-n…