The Fallacy of ‘Hurt People Hurt People’
How this misguided quip gives abusers a free pass
6 min readMar 26, 2021
Several summers ago, my mom and I traveled to her hometown for a family funeral. There were six of us staying in my grandmother’s little house; me, my mom, my grandmother, and my aunt and her two kids; Anna*, who was six, and Ben*, who was four.
