Say no to domestic violence while social distancing

According to learned helplessness, if you cage a rat and subject it to repeated trauma until it is so tired of fighting, it will lie in the corner and take the pain. It won’t leave subsequently even when the door is opened.

This basic principle of behavioral psychology has been the actuality for most people who experience domestic violence in Kenya. At least everyone knows someone who is in an abusive relationship but will not quit. Blame it on learned helplessness.