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identification with the aggressor
identification with the aggressor Identification with the aggressor is a way of understanding a person’s stance in which they align themselves with a powerful violent authority and view their own violent actions as part of that system’s culture and power.
Identification with the aggressor is a way of understanding a person’s stance in which they align themselves with a powerful violent authority and view their own violent actions as part of that system’s culture and power. In this study, it describes women veterans framing excessive violence from the position of being part of the aggressor rather than only a target of oppression.