Gaslighting as an abuser's tool: unveiling what it means and how it is weaponized.
(TH below) 🧠🕯Gaslighting as an abuser's tool: unveiling what it means and how it is weaponized. ✍️ This week, Merriam-Webster announced that ‘gaslighting’ is the Word of the Year 2022, and this largely sprang from the fact that this word is being used in a much broader sense, from the context of politics to healthcare and even business. Amid these evolutions, one crucial meaning still stands – it represents an aspect of intimate partner violence, especially against women. �