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There Are Four Lights: Star Trek’s Unwitting Allegory for Domestic Abuse 2026/02/03 00:00

• URL: https://reactormag.com/star-treks-unwitting-allegory-for-domestic-abuse/
• Posted: 2026/02/03 (date: 2026/02/03)
• Topics: Star Trek domestic abuse abuse gaslighting Patrick Stewart Cold War torture emotional labor
• Summary: «The abuser who frames every escalation as the target’s fault. The partner who says, “You know how I get when you do that.” The harm becomes the target’s responsibility; the torturer becomes the reluctant administrator of consequences the target has chosen.» .. «The shame that survivors carry about their own breaking – why didn’t I resist longer, why did I start to believe them – is shame misplaced onto the target rather than the perpetrator. [..] The symptoms of assault become proof that the target was unstable all along.»

• source: ReactorMag
• author: Arthur Quintalino (profile)