“Which can lead to something that TishaBuv brought up: “I think people look the other way and don’t do anything to stop abusers who aren’t abusing them.” I’m not even sure if people genuinely believe that myth, or if they’re just using it as an excuse for inaction, to hide the truth that they’re afraid to act.”

It has been my personal experience in my family dynamic.

“THE BYSTANDER IS AN ENABLER


‘In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.’

Martin Luther King Jr


‘You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say that you did not know.’

William Wilberforce


An enabler can be described as a person who enables another to achieve an end, especially one who enables another to persist in destructive behaviour by providing excuses, concealing bad behaviour or helping an individual avoid the consequences of their behaviour.