SOCSCI 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Ophrah, Page 3, Psychological Abuse
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Right (lionel), jessica lost the freedom of choice because he dictated how her life was going to be. Found insult in the fact that he was not supportive of her work. You get what you"re willing to accept ophrah winfrey. She quit her career and supported her husband for 25 years, and this is how he repaid her he was unsupportive and cruel. She sought to reaffirm self hood and as she does, lionel see"s it as a competition and it begins to tear at the fabric of their relationship. He would not talk with her, and when he did he always yelled and talked down to her with hostility. Her friend ruth has sent a letter when she confides that she has also been owned and controlled by her husband milton: her husband is cheating on her and having an affair.