Even if you had felt he was the man of your dreams, you may have had no choice but to do as you did: to tell him you felt abused by his behavior, and to end the relationship before you came to harm.

即使你感觉到他就是你的白马王子，你只能告诉他这是一种虐待，并在他伤害你之前结束这段关系。 除此之外，你别无选择。

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Research confirms this, even for abused and emotionally damaged children.

研究证实了这个观点，那些被虐待过或情感上受过创伤的孩子也是如此。

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And often what we've found is they don't know that domestic violence is a crime in this country or even where to seek help if they're being abused.

而且我们经常发现她们不知道家庭暴力在美国是犯罪，或者甚至不知道如果她们遭受虐待的时候该去哪里寻求帮助。

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Poignantly, even abused children thought that hurting other people was intrinsically wrong.

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Yes, many of them are marginalised from mainstream workplaces but this does not mean they should be rampantly (or even slightly) abused.

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The children were taken in by two aunts who abused them even after their father's return from the war in March 1946.

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