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Comment author: Azathoth123 05 November 2014 01:30:37AM 5 points [-]

Yes, and this belief appears to be sufficiently pervasive and impervious to evidence that its clear there is something more driving it.

Comment author: Lumifer 05 November 2014 02:03:25AM 6 points [-]

My reading of the situation is not that women prefer abusive men or prefer to be controlled. My reading is that women (warning: crude generalizations incoming) like to be/feel protected and prefer strong men. Given this, some women consider being abusive to be evidence of strength, and some women are willing to trade some control or some abuse for getting a strong man. This may or may not be a good trade, depending on the circumstances.

Comment author: MrMind 06 November 2014 08:42:21AM 0 points [-]

For what (little) I have read about abusive relationship, my pet theory is that abuses are like superstimulus for things like assertiveness, confidence, strength, etc.

Some women get imprinted with this kind of behaviour in such a way they are no more able to find attractive kinder men.