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{{Distinguish|Structural inequality|Structural violence|Societal racism}}
'''Structural abuse''' is the process by which an individual or group is dealt with unfairly by a [[social]] or [[cultural]] system or authority. This unfairness manifests itself as [[abuse]] in a [[Psychological abuse|psychological]], [[Economic abuse|financial]], [[Physical abuse|physical]] or [[Religious abuse|spiritual form]], and victims often are unable to protect themselves from harm. An individual's inability to protect themselves may lead to their entrapment in the system, preventing them from seeking [[justice]] or recompense for [[Crime|crimes]] endured and [[damages]] incurred, creating a feeling of [[isolation (psychology)|isolation]] or helplessness.
Systems containing abusive structures are primarily designed to control individuals or manipulate them for material gain. Most social systems contain at least one structure that induces structural abuse. These structures, when allowed to exist, create a [[cycle of abuse]], wherein the abuse is repetitive or contagious in nature, and may become acceptable in other parts of the system.
Structural abuse differs to [[structural violence]] in terms of scale – structural violence is a process occurring within an entire society, such as [[racism]] or [[classism]], while structural abuse refers to a specific element of society, or a specific system within society. Abuse occurring on this smaller scale is not necessarily endorsed by wider society, such as [[Modern witch-hunts|modern witch hunts]], which have been condemned in South Africa, regardless of deaths that still occur in areas retaining anti-[[Pagan]] social structures.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff Reporter |title=Witch-hunts are illegal and must be condemned |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2012-03-23-witchhunts-are-illegal-and-must-be-condemned/ |access-date=3 August 2020 |publisher=Mail Guardian |date=23 March 2012}}</ref> Structural abuse can be found on a very small scale, such as in instances of [[bullying]] involving more than one perpetrator, or in cases of [https://study.com/academy/lesson/malfeasance-vs-misfeasance.html malfeasance], a common example of which is individual [[Police officer|police officers]] conducting investigations without direct evidence, or ignoring formal complaints made by victims.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Presentation Essay – AntiSocial Supply|url=https://antiss.net/essay/|access-date=2020-07-27|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Process==
===Types===
There are three types of structural abuse:
# Structural interference with an individual's '''''personal health'''''; psychological, social, emotional, physical or spiritual.
# Structural interference with an individual's '''''relationships'''''; compromising the ability to establish and maintain social relationships – [[Intimate relationships|intimate]] or [[Platonic love|platonic.]]
# Structural interference with an individual's '''''liberties and rights'''''; compromising the ability to establish and maintain employment, practicing hobbies or executing other liberties and legal rights.
===Affected Groups===
Structural abuse is often ''indirect''. As such it can affect vulnerable groups, such as:
# '''''Children''''' {{Main|Child abuse}}
# '''''Young adults'''''
# '''''Adults with disabilities''''' {{Main|Disability abuse}}
# '''''The elderly''''' {{Main|Elder abuse}}
===Nature===
Structural abuses often "survive" on heuristics of fallacies and distortions of logic.
== See also ==
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* [[Accumulation by dispossession]]
* [[Causes of poverty]]
* [[Conflict theories]]
* [[Cultural reproduction]]
* [[Civil Rights Movement]]
* [[Cycle of abuse]]
* [[Cycle of poverty]]
* [[Discrimination]]
* [[Economic abuse]]
* [[Economic violence]]
* [[Extermination through labour]]
* [[Freak show]]
* [[Frog pond effect]]
* [[Global inequality]]
* [[Global policeman]]
* [[Golden Rule]]
* [[Hate-watching]]
* [[Human zoo]]
* [[Imperialism]]
* [[Institutional abuse]]
* [[Institutional racism]]
* [[Iron cage]]
* [[Judicial murder]]
* [[Kangaroo court]]
* [[Peacebuilding]]
* [[Political repression]]
* [[Privilege hazard]]
* [[Slow violence]]
* [[Social conflict]]
* [[Social exclusion]]
* [[Social inequality]]
* [[Social murder]]
* [[Structural violence]]
* [[Subsistence crisis]]
* [[List of suicides of LGBT people|Suicide among LQBTQIA+ people]]
* [[Symbolic violence]]
* [[Toxic masculinity]]
* [[War on Drugs]]
* [[Washington consensus]]
* [[Witch-hunts]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* Antisocial Supply -- An educational resource to help others identify emotional and psychological abuse -- [http://www.antiss.net antiss.net]
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