Is your relationship based on power and control? (208)

Power & Control Wheel … … represents relationships where there is domestic abuse. (208)

Power & Control Using Unearned Privilege Coercion & Threats Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse Using Isolation Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming Using Children Using Economic Abuse (208)

The following is a definition of each slice … (208)

Coercion & Threats Power & Control (208)

Coercion & Threats … … a form of domestic abuse Coercion & Threats making and/or carrying out threats to do something to hurt you threatening to commit suicide or report you to welfare making you drop charges making you do illegal things (208)

Power & Control Coercion & Threats Using Intimidation (208)

Using Intimidation making you afraid by using looks, actions, and gestures smashing things destroying your property abusing pets displaying weapons (208) Intimidation … … a form of domestic abuse

Power & Control Coercion & Threats Using Emotional Abuse Using Intimidation (208)

Using Emotional Abuse putting you down making you feel bad about yourself calling you names making you think your crazy playing mind games humiliating you making you feel guilty (208) Emotional Abuse … … a form of domestic violence

Power & Control Coercion & Threats Using Isolation Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse (208)

Isolation … … a form of domestic abuse Using Isolation controlling what you do, who you see and talk to, what you read and where you go limiting your outside involvements using jealousy to justify actions (208)

Power & Control Coercion & Threats Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse Using Isolation (208)

Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming … … a form of domestic violence Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming making light of the abuse and not taking your concerns about it seriously saying the abuse didn’t happen shifting responsibility for abusive behavior saying you caused it (208)

Power & Control Coercion & Threats Using Children Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse Using Isolation Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming (208)

Using Children … … a form of domestic abuse Using Children making you feel guilty about the children by telling you that you are a bad parent or by telling you the children need a two-parent home threatening to hurt the children using the children to relay messages using visitation to harass you threatening to take the children away (208)

Power & Control Coercion & Threats Using Unearned Privilege Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse Using Isolation Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming Using Children (208)

Unearned Privilege … … a form of domestic abuse Using Unearned Privilege treating you like a servant making all the big decisions acting like the “master of the castle” being the one to define men’s and women’s roles (208)

Power & Control Coercion & Threats Using Economic Abuse Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse Using Isolation Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming Using Children Using Unearned Privilege (208)

Economic Abuse … … a form of domestic abuse Using Economic Abuse preventing you from getting or keeping a job making you ask for money giving you an allowance taking your money not letting you know about or have access to family income (208)

Power & Control Using Unearned Privilege Coercion & Threats Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse Using Isolation Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming Using Children Using Economic Abuse (208)

Power & Control Using Unearned Privilege Coercion & Threats Using Intimidation Using Emotional Abuse Using Isolation Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming Using Children Using Economic Abuse (208)

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