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Instinct and Substitution

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents a scientific hypothesis challenging the psychological view that women remain in abusive relationships due to learned behavioral patterns or childhood trauma. The author argues that women possess a primary biological instinct to select a single partner for life. When societal substitutions alter the partner's behavior, leading to abuse, the woman struggles to leave not out of habit, but because her primary instinct compels her to restore and guide her chosen partner back to his original state.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.24108026

Author: Pshonka, Kateryna

Language: English

Topic: Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7225740315

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