Why Do Some Women Support Abusive Men?
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Georgia woman divorced after learning her husband was sharing her naked photos, but what confuses her is how supportive his other woman was

“It just perpetuates a cycle.”

Kellie (secondchancechick) got a divorce because her trust was broken. The Georgia resident recently took to Instagram and TikTok to share that she believed her ex-husband would never take accountability for his alleged actions because he allegedly had another woman supporting and justifying his behavior. Her post went on to rack up over 4.2 million views.

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In her video, Kellie claimed, “So I used to be married. Yep. And one night I got on the computer, and I was looking for some paperwork, and I found a folder with my initials on it. And in that folder was thousands of pictures of me naked. It turns out he had put hidden cameras in our home and was filming me naked for over a year. And so when I investigated his Google history and the rest of the computer, I found out he’d been uploading to these membership-only sites my photos of me and not unlike motherless.”

Kellie told her viewers that there was a frustrating legal outcome. She alleged, “my ex husband who only had to do a year of probation. And got plead down from a felony to a gross misdemeanor cause there aren’t really laws about this here in Georgia. And the cops and the incompetent Cobb County DA just kept telling me, ‘Well, you’re his wife.’” Kellie claimed that in her discovery, she also learned that he was having an affair with another District Attorney.

Experts have tied this to internalized misogyny

Kellie alleged, “I wanna talk about the woman. Uh, she was a Metro Atlanta DA, and when I found out about her, I found out she had teenage girls. So I called her. I left her a voice message. I told her everything I found. Um, they’re still together.” 

She argued that by standing by him, this woman is effectively enabling his patterns. As she puts it, “My ex-husband is never going to take accountability for what he did to me or how he made me feel because she supports him and his behavior. And always has and still does.” However, for Kelly, the problem is bigger than this one woman’s purported actions, but rather a concerning repeated pattern. 

Kellie claimed, “That’s my issue when women go around tearing down other women or supporting abusive men. Predatory men use that as a reason to continue their s—-y a** behavior.” Her caption further illustrated her frustration: “This post was meant to focus on how women perpetuate abusive behavior by tearing down other women and supporting a**holes and patriarchal talking points.”

“Every time you call them out, they’re like, wait, she’s okay with it…,” to illustrate her point, Kelli edited in photos of famous instances where a woman supported a publicly known abuser, including a photo of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. “It just perpetuates a cycle,” she alleged. She claimed that since these men have support, they think, “That means the rest of them [women] are wrong. Just a thought. Silence is always an option.”

A large majority of her viewers were supportive. On Instagram, one user accused, “Pick me’s will be the fall of humanity.” Another claimed, “Many women are just foot soldiers of the patriarchy. Shame on them. And so sorry this happened to you.” Others expressed disbelief at the legal situation, with one user asking, “How is him using your photos like that not a crime though?”

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On TikTok, users shared their own experiences and opinions. One noted, “Found out my ex had a WHOLE library of videos … of all his exes.” Another user claimed, “Male centered women are dangerous.” A third alleged, “Many woman are enablers.”

This behavior of enabling abusers is a documented phenomenon often tied to internalized misogyny. According to the Black Burn Center, when individuals grow up absorbing stereotypes about women, they sometimes involuntarily internalize those messages, leading them to uphold systems that normalize sexual violence. 

By defending men accused of harm, these individuals reportedly contribute to a culture where victims are frequently doubted or blamed for their own experiences. The Center noted that often, when a woman has a personal connection to an alleged abuser, she may also feel pressured to defend them because she hasn’t experienced that same harm herself. 

Black Burn Center wrote that ignoring the testimony of victims, however, only serves to undermine the collective voice of those seeking justice. Breaking this cycle requires a conscious effort to believe victims and move away from the toxic cultural scripts that teach us to protect the status quo at the expense of others.

In her caption, Kellie claimed to be done with her past. She wrote, “I’ve been divorced since 2020. I believe her children are adults now. They can both rot in hell. I’ve moved on. Thanks for the support ya’ll!”


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