You don’t attract monsters, they’re just out there and women become involved with them. (detail removed by moderator) don’t respect women, it’s common. The Freedom programme identifies abusive behaviour and you can learn to spot ‘red flags’ early on. He is an abusive man. He doesn’t think about your welfare so he hurts you even when he knows what you have suffered. I have had an abusive man use my previous experience of abuse against me, to justify his further abuse: that there was clearly something wrong with me if I was being treated like that. He actually said ‘I hadn’t learned my lessons’. In other words, be good and I’ll treat you well. Being good means being submissive. (detail removed by moderator) behave like they hate women. My daughter’s father chills my bones when he talks about other women. He’s very misogynistic. He’s like this about his female colleagues too. So you don’t attract this, we’re all vulnerable. Please don’t think it’s down to you. Do your best to try to recover. It’s not you. You just want a normal, healthy relationship. It’s the abuser. xx