People are more likely to be victimized by those like them than by strangers
Evidence
No matter how many statistics on domestic violence, homicide, rape, and child abuse indicate that, in fact, the idealized patriarchal family is not a “safe” space, that those of us who experience any form of assault are more likely to be victimized by those who are like us rather than by some mysterious strange outsiders, these conservative myths persist. It is apparent that one of the primary reasons we have not experienced a revolution of values is that a culture of domination necessarily promotes addiction to lying and denial. — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress, 69
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to King’s critique of violence-as-machismo in ‘Where Do We Go From Here’ and the domestic-intimacy-of-violence theme echoed in Dido/sacrifice material. — connects to: High ingroup identifiers recall disproportionately more victimization than perpetration by their group. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised:…, 23; Strangers are perceived by type rather than as individuals — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 401; Visible minority identity blocks victims’ comforting assumption of random victimization. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 362
Broader Connections
- Strangers are perceived by type rather than as individuals
#qualifies(0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 401 - Visible minority identity blocks victims’ comforting assumption of random victimization.
#complicates(0.74) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 362 - High ingroup identifiers recall disproportionately more victimization than perpetration by their group.
#complicates(0.72) — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 23