Violence And Authoritarian Relationships
Violence causes fear and vice versa.
Violence causes fear. And vice versa; fear seeks a way out through violence.
I am not talking about the existential fear or the generative cause that leads people to violent acts and behaviors that matter. I would like to highlight the consequences of these abusive acts and behaviors on their recipients. Another thing that needs to be clarified is the extent to which violent or abusive behaviors occur to be prosecuted.
Violence is ultimately embedded in any power relationship: child-parent, student-teacher, soldier-officer, employee-boss.
This fundamental unequal relationship between the “weak” and the “strong” person, is formed based on the political, economic, social, and in general cultural levels of our society.
When The Victim Becomes The Perpetrator
A few decades ago, physical violence was widely accepted as a “pedagogical method” and was used by parents and teachers for prudence and compliance. “Educated” by such principles, some victims of violence find it difficult to keep up with the general social development.
They can only exist as perpetrators, by reproducing the power relations they had experienced as victims. By observing the behavior of people who have some power — small or large — in their hands, one can easily perceive the abusive tendency that some of them are trying to impose.
Thus we see on the one hand the victim surrendering to his torture and getting lost in his self-incrimination. On the other hand, the perpetrator is addicted to the feeling of joy and superiority caused by his imposition on another human being.
