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History of Feminism

cinnabonbon

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6. Oooh, nice!

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 11, 2014, 12:47 PM

Jan 2014

Do you have some links to the research you found? It sounds very interesting. I love reading about psychology.

I have to say that I'm glad we got a term for it. I think it's way too easy to brush off manipulations like that unless you sort of know there's a word for it. It makes you more aware of what is being done to you.

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What is gaslighting? [View all] cinnabonbon Jan 2014 OP

kind of like when a married man pretends to be "single" ... and then pretends to "want" to Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #1

I suppose you can just call it manipulation. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #2

the intent to mislead. I think gaslighting is now recognized as a psychological term. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #3

Oooh, nice! cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #6

Gaslighting Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #4

Yep. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #5

yep. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #7

That is the most important. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #8

The more you know the more subtle has to be the abuser. Some are really into Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #9

True. I suppose it depends on how interested they are in cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #10

kind of like Cat and Mouse ... sometimes they get bored with it all. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #11

It's an asshole nt ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #12