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Men that use violence and control in their relationship often do so because they believe women are less worthy than men. They choose to perpetrate violence because they believe women…

Blaming is a tactic used in coercive control to excuse abuse and make a victim survivor feel like they ‘deserved’ the abuse. An abusive partner might justify the abuse by…

Threatening behaviours in a relationship are a form of coercive control that gives you the illusion of a choice when in reality the abusive partner is attempting to make the…

Intimidation is a coercive control tactic using words, actions or implied threats to make you afraid. Intimidation may include technology-facilitated abuse to harass, watch, control, stalk or harm you. Victim…

Isolation is one of the most common tactics of abuse and coercive control. It aims to keep you from connecting with the outside world and seeing that something isn’t right…

A key tactic of coercive control is minimising or denying that there is any abusive behaviour occurring. It is often referred to as ‘gaslighting,’ which is meant to make you…

Emotional abuse is a form of coercive control and occurs when somebody destroys another person’s self worth through fear, isolation and control. It can leave you feeling emotionally and mentally…