Emotional Abuse in Pop Culture

Emotional/Psychological Abuse is an important matter that is hardly acknowledged, if not normalized. Most people ignore abuse that has no sign of physical wounds. We are going to be doing a presentation about this at my university. We will be discussing the signs of an emotionally abusive relationship and the different types of emotional abuse. Also, we want to show how "normal" it is in our society. I am looking to compose a list of examples of songs, movies, and other things in pop culture that normalize emotional abuse.

Two songs that I immediately think of are:
1. Hot and Cold by Katy Perry (basically every word of the song is about this, and the video is equally disturbing)

2. Underneath it all by No Doubt: "There’s another side of you / That so many adore / Aside from your temper / Everything else secure

Let me know of others! For some reason I am having trouble thinking of some, but I know there are there are WAY TOO MANY songs, movies, TV shows etc that normalize this.

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