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As a kid; parents, the church and community we lived in that turned a blind eye to it. As an adult; myself, both due to poor exposure to healthy relationships as a child and the naivety of believing that institutions like employers, health care, or state agencies existed for the purposes of social support. Ironically, now I spend most of my time with dogs, who’ve never hurt me 🤷♂️