Victoria McNulty’s experience of coercive control highlights systemic flaws and the urgent need for change to protect and empower victims.
Coercive Control
Coercive control is an ongoing pattern of behavior used by one person to harm, punish, frighten, or threaten another person. It is considered the most dangerous and malevolent form of intimate partner and family violence as it is a form of psychological torture. It is the foundational strategy used to accomplish the subjugation, oppression, and exploitation of women.
Signs of coercive control include:
– Monitoring your time
– Taking control of your daily life
– Devaluation
– Obstruction of Employment
– Financial abuse
– Criminal damage
– Isolation
– Rules and Regulations
– Deprivation of Basic Needs
– Monitoring Communication
– Threats
– Sexual Assault
It was first criminalized in the UK in 2015. To learn what other countries and states have laws against it, log onto The Coercive and Controlling Legislation Global Database, which we developed in 2020 to monitor legislative updates.
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