Is Teaching Boundaries Victim Blaming? [264]
Flying Free
Natalie Hoffman
5.0 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Is teaching survivors how to have boundaries the equivalent of victim blaming? I’ve seen this topic come up again and again, and I thought it was time I stated what I believe about it. The bottom line is that I believe that boundaries is an essential tool in a survivor’s toolbox. I also believe abuse is never, ever the survivor’s fault. Those two beliefs can go hand in hand nicely, and I’m going to show you how.
Join me as I explain my stance, why it’s important, and what McDonald’s burgers and fries have to do with the whole sordid affair.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now. |
| 0:07.0 | And you're listening to the Flying Free Podcast, |
| 0:11.0 | a support resource for Women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden |
| 0:16.4 | emotional and spiritual abuse. |
| 0:22.0 | Welcome to episode 264 of the Flying Free Podcast. This episode is going to be a clarifying episode. |
| 0:31.0 | Its purpose is to clearly state what it is we do here. an to address an issue that I see bobbing up to the surface more and more and that |
| 0:46.2 | issue has to do with boundaries. But before we get into that I want to say that my books and my podcast and my programs are all geared toward women. |
| 0:59.6 | So when I hear people say, that's not fair. |
| 1:02.8 | Why don't you talk about men too? |
| 1:04.8 | They are victims too. |
| 1:06.8 | You guys, that's like telling a kindergarten teacher, |
| 1:08.7 | hey, it's not fair that you just teach little kids. |
| 1:11.8 | What about the teenagers? how come you aren't |
| 1:13.6 | teaching them too we would think that was stupid and yet I get this a lot I should be |
| 1:18.6 | helping men too also I narrow my focus down even more, making my books, podcast, and programs all geared toward |
| 1:28.1 | Christian women. |
| 1:30.8 | And sometimes I'll get these kinds of comments. |
| 1:33.0 | That's not fair. |
| 1:35.0 | People who don't have a faith or have a different faith are abuse victims too. |
| 1:39.0 | How come you don't have books and podcasts and websites for those people you big meany and guess what? |
| 1:46.8 | I narrowed my focus down even more making my books, podcast and programs all geared toward Christian women in emotionally and |
| 1:57.1 | spiritually abusive marriages. |
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