Idk If someone toxic is trying to manipulate me I tell them to F off or just ghost them. I believe people only get manipulated if they allow it to happen to them. You just gotta be assertive but now that you mention it. I can see from a girls perspective they are less inclined to be more confrontational cause society then labels them a “bitch” but i see nothing wrong with women who are assertive. All of her misfortunes are not out of her control, at the end of the day she chooses her story. Like her mother, her mom is a bad ass. It makes me think though the way Whitney acts is kind of similar to Alison they are both victims of manipulation.