When a man is a narcissist, he'll do anything to come
out on top. Even if it means willingly playing the victim by using a defensive
manipulation technique called "DARVO" — something Brett Kavanaugh recently did during his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
What is DARVO?
Jennifer J. Freyd, PhD, a professor of psychology at
the University of Oregon, coined this acronym to describe one typical
"reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may
display in response to being held accountable for their behavior."
"DARVO," she explains, "stands for
"Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender," the pattern through
which an abuser seamlessly shifts focus away from their own behavior to that of
their accuser.
