
Opinion: Why Do Rich and Powerful People Become Abusers? Because They Can
by Joana Ramiro
Upon Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction, many pundits aired their shock and disbelief that a well-known ‘socialite’ had ever become involved in the sexual abuse of teenagers. This misses the point, argues Joana Ramiro: wealth and power is precisely what helps wealthy and powerful abusers abuse.