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When alternative communities struggle with accountability for harmful but ambiguous behavior

Our polyamorous community has been dealing with someone whose behavior is problematic but not clearly abusive and we can't agree on accountability processes versus just excluding them and it's bringing up everyone's different trauma responses around conflict.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Communities built on rejecting mainstream norms often lack established frameworks for addressing harm when it occurs within their own circles.

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