There are no such things as “abnormal behaviours”, only a normal response to an abnormal set of experiences.

Someone who is exposed to unhealthy relationships with food, is likely to develop an eating disorder.

Someone raised by highly neurotic parents, is likely to develop an anxiety problem.

Someone who experiences harsh discipline in adolescence, is likely to become a disciplinarian.

Any behaviour can be understood, no matter how odd, or problematic, if we look at the context and environment from which it came.

So what about violence?

Does a child who experiences, or sees violence, face a higher likelihood of repeating the cycle too?

What about a boy who is relentlessly bullied in school, how does that shape his behaviour, and bend the path of his destiny?

Is it possible not see ‘men’ as static, inherently bad people, and to look behind them, to see where they came from, as a product of their experiences, environment, and life story?

Can we understand violence, without justifying it?

Can we look behind the violent man, to see the bullied boy?

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2024-07-03