Yeah, I think it's more that abused people seek power so that they can safely continue abusing others. We really just climbed out of the dirt ~150 years ago (if that). How many generations does it take to undo centuries of poverty & abuse?
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That's also a fair point, didn't consider the possibility of the abused seeking power to continue that cycle.
A bit personal here but what the hey:
I'm a guy, and I had a female babysitter of 14 years old while I was 9. Long story short, we did lots of experimenting, all from her initiative ofcourse as I was totally oblivious to what the hell we were doing haha. I never felt like this was abuse, luckily, and therefore have no power-seeking tendencies 😆