50 and up generations only is abuse more prevalent now than it was back then when y’all were coming up

It was so much more hidden then compared to now. “What goes on behind closed doors is their private business“, “A man is entitled to knock his wife around a bit if it’s called for”, “Scream quietly or the neighbours will hear” all illustrate how many people felt at the time. The world’s first ever refuge for women (and their children) fleeing abusive partners opened very close to where I was living at the time. I was just a kid then.