In 2022, Merriam-Webster crowned gaslighting its word of the year. But despite the term’s increasing ubiquity in pop culture, it underscores a serious reality.
is to dim the house’s gas lights before insisting it’s all in Paula’s head.
Still, although the term is admittedly trendy, the behavior it's meant to describe can be intensely toxicPrimarily, gaslighting happens in romantic relationships, but it can also occur within friendships, between family members and even among coworkers. In certain cases, abusers might exploit their victim’s vulnerabilities, orrelated to an individual’s gender, sexuality, race, nationality and class.
Jenn referred to her ex-boyfriend as a “chameleon” who tried to disorient and confuse her with subtle fabrications, like lying about the color of the shirt she had worn the day before. “Femininity itself is sort of stigmatized as ‘irrational,’” says Sweet. “Men, or masculinity, is granted the power of [being] the arbiter of what’s ‘rational’ — the decider of what is authoritative or credible. That’s one of the reasons that gaslighting is a gendered phenomenon.”
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