Marginalization and book bans protect abusers, warns Iowa writer Lyz Lenz: ‘Silence always benefits power’

Growing up in a conservative evangelical family, Lyz Lenz internalized Old Testament proverbs, like, “It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.” She was conditioned to believe that anger was a bad emotion, especially if you were a girl or a woman. As … Continue reading Marginalization and book bans protect abusers, warns Iowa writer Lyz Lenz: ‘Silence always benefits power’