Real Talk with Lisa Sonni: Relationships Uncensored

“These Are Not Facts”: The Lies That Keep Abuse Normalized | S3E14


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You were never “too sensitive.” You were surrounded by lies repeated so often they started to feel like truth. 

Abuse is rare. 
Women lie. 
Men and women do it equally. 

None of these are facts, and believing them keeps you stuck questioning your own reality.

In this conversation, Lisa sits down with Brent McLearie, creator of the “These Are Not Facts” series, to dismantle the narratives that quietly protect abuse while discrediting survivors. They break down how these myths spread, why they are so convincing, and how they distort the way we interpret harm, credibility, and responsibility. 

When abuse is framed as rare, survivors struggle to name it. When false accusations are exaggerated, survivors stay silent. When everything is flattened into “equal,” the truth disappears.

Brent brings data and context to what survivors already feel in their bodies, that something is off about the way the world talks about abuse. Together, they expose how these narratives shift focus away from perpetrators and onto survivors, forcing them to defend their pain instead of being supported through it.

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