Category Archives: Covert Abuse

Blog Post: Perspective of a Father

Written by Demian Yumei on February 14, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Here’s an interesting blog post from the perspective of a father. He makes a good point about children learning their behavior from their parents. One of the commentors wrote about having sons and her experience with mean boys. http://www.thejackb.com/2011/06/14/mean-girls-come-from-mean-moms/

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New Covert Abuse Blog

Written by Demian Yumei on January 29, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Just want you to know that I have created a new blog, www.covertabuse.com, and will be spending most of my time there. Over the years I’ve amassed a 276 page manuscript on relational aggression, and realized that I really have two books there. One that focuses mainly on covert abuse, and the other that focuses [...]

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Extreme Case of Relational Aggression…by a man

Written by Demian Yumei on December 9, 2010 — Leave a Comment

For details, read this article of how Seemona Sumasar was framed and spent seven months in jail as a result. Seems her ex-boyfriend was angry, and why was he angry? Because he raped her and she was not going to keep silent about it. This is appalling. It is, also, a prime, albeit extreme, example [...]

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Target to bully to target…

Written by Demian Yumei on July 22, 2010 — Leave a Comment

Here’s an example of how how bullying can spiral out of control, and how roles can switch back and forth as assaults are met with assaults. It’s the recent news story of Jessi Slaughter (online name). Parry Aft is interviewed by Good Morning America in response to this situation where an 11 year old girl [...]

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Relational Aggression in Marriage?

Written by Demian Yumei on September 27, 2009 — Leave a Comment

I was recently asked if relational aggression could be found in marriage. Yes. Relational aggression can be found in marriage, in politics, in churches, in businesses and higher education. Relational aggression can exist in any social interaction. Relational aggression is not age or gender. It’s covert abuse and manipulation. When did we ever get the [...]

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