Judith Lewis Herman Quote

In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens.

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (ed. Basic Books, 2015) - ISBN: 9780465098736