Max was one of the men I interviewed. He had been in jail for breaching his Domestic Violence Order (DVO). Max was paying child maintenance to the Child Support Agency, but he had a great deal of anger about losing his power and control over his finances. Max said, “Yeah, my ex makes it very
Acknowledgement Last year a practitioner from USA, Eve N. Bogdanove (MSW, LICSW), contacted me asking if I would be willing to create a list of tactics used by one partner to control the other partner, specifically for people in LGBTIQ intimate relationships. In response I have prepared this blog, Power and Coercive Control Wheel, and
Coercive control is not just an issue for individuals, it is a major social problem that has its roots in patriarchal male dominance and continues to be supported by social norms, laws, and institutions. For centuries our society has given more power to men than women, granted permission to dominate women, permission to control female