Jennifer Joy Freyd
jjfreyd.bsky.social
Jennifer Joy Freyd
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
Human. Scholar. Activist. Feminist.
https://www.jjfreyd.com/
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Trump is so very deviant. New gallop poll finds most U.S. adults "agree on a variety of issues that reflect core aspects of U.S. democracy. These include that using violence to achieve political goals is never OK . . . "

news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
Americans Show Consensus on Many Democracy-Related Matters
A Kettering Foundation/Gallup survey finds most Americans support political compromise, view multiculturalism as a strength and reject political violence.
news.gallup.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trump is so very deviant. New gallop poll finds most U.S. adults "agree on a variety of issues that reflect core aspects of U.S. democracy. These include that using violence to achieve political goals is never OK . . . "

news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
Americans Show Consensus on Many Democracy-Related Matters
A Kettering Foundation/Gallup survey finds most Americans support political compromise, view multiculturalism as a strength and reject political violence.
news.gallup.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Research, analysis, and more about DARVO:

www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
DARVO — Jennifer Joy Freyd, PhD.
www.jjfreyd.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Research, analysis, Trump, and more about DARVO:

www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
DARVO — Jennifer Joy Freyd, PhD.
www.jjfreyd.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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More about the history of the term DARVO, our research findings, and analysis - and more:

www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
DARVO — Jennifer Joy Freyd, PhD.
www.jjfreyd.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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And we know something about how DARVO can distort reality but also how education helps reduce its power

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender (DARVO): What Is the Influence on Perceived Perpetrator and Victim Credibility?
Perpetrators of interpersonal violence sometimes use denial, engage in personal attacks on victim credibility, and assume a victimized role (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender; DARVO) to def...
www.tandfonline.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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We have researched DARVO.

For instance, We know something about who is most likely to use it.

Harsey, Adams-Clark, & Freyd (2024). Associations between defensive victim-blaming responses (DARVO), rape myth acceptance, and sexual harassment.

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Associations between defensive victim-blaming responses (DARVO), rape myth acceptance, and sexual harassment
DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is a response frequently exhibited by perpetrators of wrongdoing after being confronted or held accountable for their harmful behaviors. Consistent wi...
journals.plos.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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And earlier this year after throwing the stock market into chaos

thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Even now, The New Yorker uses dangerously minimizing language:

“a President who didn’t want more details to emerge of his dealings with a sleazy dead rich guy who had sex with underage women on his private island?”

“had sex with”?

“underage women”?

For sex trafficking and child abuse?
"[A] President who didn’t want more details to emerge of his dealings with a sleazy dead rich guy who had sex with underage women. . ."

"had sex with"? @newyorker.com , is that what you call sex trafficking and abuse?

And what the heck is an "underage women"?

www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency
Read the e-mails—this isn’t going away anytime soon.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM