What’s Wrong With Gaslighting?

[1thouwow]

Why don’t the “victims” of being gaslit get held responsible for being dumb and falling for the Okey Doke?

 

[Reflected]

Whether I agree with it or not, you can both hold the victim of gaslighting accountable while also highlighting the moral wrong of the individual that is intentionally gasligthing. I mean, if you even think about it, gaslighting is something that is typically revealed after considering past scenarios, what you are implying is that the individual is perfectly aware they are being gaslit and then continues to be gaslit for whatever reason. I'm pretty sure it's more complex than that.


And I don't even know if you are being serious but I see that logic often, so I'm just throwing this out there.

 

[Da_Eggman]

Anybody that uses that term needs to smacked on sight

 

[Bubba T]

You’re asking what’s wrong with manipulation?

 

[Redwood]

It's just telling me the person guilty of it ain't about shyt

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

It's wrong and is used to deceive ppl with faulty (a mixture of half-truths and lies of) information while undermining a person's intelligence and their established sense of belief.

Anybody that gaslights is up to no good.

This is TheColi tho where gaslighting daily is many individuals favorite pastime...of course a segment gonna come in here and speak favorable of gaslighting

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

Who the hell says gaslighting in real life?

 

[MajesticLion]

 

[maxamusa]

please explain meaning

 

[Professor Emeritus]

please explain meaning

It's when you manipulate someone so pervasively or convincingly that they begin to doubt their own experience. Usually it's used in relationships where there is a power imbalance and it is easy for one person in the relationship to manipulate the other.

For example, say a mother and daughter are feuding, and the mother decides to push her side by telling the daughter that she's mentally ill. She can use the advantages of age and maturity to basically run psychological warfare on her child - like every time the girl does any typical teenager thing or gets a little emotional, the mother will claim that's a sign of mental illness, to the point where the daughter might eventually begin to start to question her own sanity.

Or think about a sexual predator to an abuse victim. They'll say things like, "You wanted it first", "You are the one who seduced me", "I didn't want to touch you like that but you were acting like such a little slut, it's all your fault", and keep piling on that shyt until the girl actually believes that she's responsible for the abuse.

Gaslighting is most common from a parent to a child, from a more manipulative spouse to the other one, or from an abuser to an abuse victim. But it can also be a boss-to-employee relationship. Cult leaders use gaslighting a ton - it's damn near the definition of what it takes to run a cult.

 

[Astroslik]

Who the hell says gaslighting in real life?

Male feminist eunuchs and dumb birds

 

[Monsanto]

Why don’t the “victims” of being gaslit get held responsible for being dumb and falling for the Okey Doke?

Watch Rosemary's Baby and let me know if you still reach this conclusion.

 

[Ohene]

Male feminist eunuchs and dumb birds

pretty much

same with the word narcissistic

the average person has no idea what these words actually mean

 

[GPBear]

Are you trying to gaslight us about gaslighting?

 

[maxamusa]

It's when you manipulate someone so pervasively or convincingly that they begin to doubt their own experience. Usually it's used in relationships where there is a power imbalance and it is easy for one person in the relationship to manipulate the other.

For example, say a mother and daughter are feuding, and the mother decides to push her side by telling the daughter that she's mentally ill. She can use the advantages of age and maturity to basically run psychological warfare on her child - like every time the girl does any typical teenager thing or gets a little emotional, the mother will claim that's a sign of mental illness, to the point where the daughter might eventually begin to start to question her own sanity.

Or think about a sexual predator to an abuse victim. They'll say things like, "You wanted it first", "You are the one who seduced me", "I didn't want to touch you like that but you were acting like such a little slut, it's all your fault", and keep piling on that shyt until the girl actually believes that she's responsible for the abuse.

Gaslighting is most common from a parent to a child, from a more manipulative spouse to the other one, or from an abuser to an abuse victim. But it can also be a boss-to-employee relationship. Cult leaders use gaslighting a ton - it's damn near the definition of what it takes to run a cult.

Thank you...

OP you aint shyt