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Why not leave?

Please respond to the following discussion topic. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length. Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students' posts. If you haven't recently, please review the Rules of Discussion.

While most people would agree that hurting someone is wrong, and that if you are the victim of an offense, you would avoid the offender in the future.

This is not always the case though. Many people stay in abusive relationships, or return to abusive relationships.

With children, or the elderly, it could be argued that they do not have or know of anywhere else to go, but for a capable adult, why would they stay?

Present an argument, based on information from your readings, on why abused persons might stay in one these toxic relationships.