In her bestselling book "Tout Le Monde Savait" ("Everyone Knew"), published in May, Bacot, 40, said Polette, 25 years her senior, first raped her when she was 12 years old, impregnated her at 17 and went on to abuse her over the course of 18 years.
Do you recall the case of the Austrian Fritzl? Even if we assume that your view of the world is correct, the idea that abuse victims (actual ones) who have been abused all their lives will act in a remotely rational way is doubtful. The only reason Fritzl was caught is because he sent someone who was wounded to the hospital instead of letting the kid die.
Yes, this seems like a very hard case. But given the amount of stuff that is alleged, if even a small portion is true, it would justify offing him in my mind. On the other hand, you don't want to give people the right to kill others based on unsubstantiated claims.
If true, she was absolutely right in killing him.
It's a pretty big if, considering she married him.
"I know you molested me, but I will marry you instead of running to the eleven billion women's shelters that exist, paid for by men for some reason."
Grooming, trauma bond, Stockholm syndrome. You're thinking like a rational person, not someone who's been subjected to years of abuse.
Do you recall the case of the Austrian Fritzl? Even if we assume that your view of the world is correct, the idea that abuse victims (actual ones) who have been abused all their lives will act in a remotely rational way is doubtful. The only reason Fritzl was caught is because he sent someone who was wounded to the hospital instead of letting the kid die.
Yes, this seems like a very hard case. But given the amount of stuff that is alleged, if even a small portion is true, it would justify offing him in my mind. On the other hand, you don't want to give people the right to kill others based on unsubstantiated claims.