Staying with an abuser reflects lack of options, not trust

Evidence

Becker supposes that an abused child who clings to an abusing parent, or an abused spouse who clings to the abuser, trusts the abuser—hence noncognitively trusts. I am not qualified to discuss the psychological literature on such relationships, but this seems unlikely. Rather, the child or the abused spouse has no better place to go. The citizens abused by Papa Doc did not reveal noncognitive trust by the mere fact of staying on in Haiti. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 943

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the doctor’s wife’s choice in Blindness: staying with the blind husband under grotesque conditions is not trust in his judgment but the absence of better options. — connects to: Trust requires that the risky relationship be avoidable — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2510
• QUESTION: Worth testing whether apparent ‘loyalty’ under scarce exit options is ever separable from genuine trust.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 943

Broader Connections

• Trust requires that the risky relationship be avoidable #expands (0.82) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2510