But forgiveness is also a deeply personal act, one that can harm trauma victims if it is coerced or demanded before they are able to come to terms with their pain and suffering, experts say.
The Cleveland court held that such protective orders are meant to benefit rather than harm victims of domestic violence.
The attacks documented by Citron include "threats of violence, privacy invasions, reputation-harming lies" and "calls for strangers to physically harm victims".
Second, Dr. Clancy found that the world had little appetite for scientific subtlety: "Unfortunately, when people heard 'not traumatic when it happens,' they translated my words to mean, 'It doesn't harm victims later on.' Even worse, some assumed I was blaming victims for their abuse".
The military, says Gonick, "uses homoerotic, aggressive acts to harm victims and act as a contagion to society in general". .
Coined in Canada, this tongue-in-cheek name underscores how labels and stereotypes mask the true harm victims experience.
The legislation, the press release continues, "threatens to further harm victims of sexual abuse from Pedophiles such as Jerry Sandusky, who seek to resolve unwanted same-sex attractions with the help of licensed mental health providers".
"[T]he film produced such outrage, anger and hurt that AYINET has decided that in order not to further harm victims or provoke any violent response that it is better to halt any further screenings for now," Ochan said in the statement.
Many self harm victims have dealt with abuse and find it hard to trust to begin with.
Generally speaking, however, bullying is more effective at harming victims than aiding aggressors.
