“Empathy is not the same as approval. And explaining something is not the same as excusing it. But if you want to change people, if you want to reduce terrible things like domestic violence, first you need to understand that such monsters do not usually come out of nowhere. They are usually created, in a stream of abuse that can go back for generations.” EmpathyAbuseDomestic ViolenceAbuse SurvivorsDomestic AbuseAbusersAbuse Recovery Author:Michael Bihovsky