Viewing coercive control as just one more manifestation of domestic abuse is to utterly misunderstand what is happening in a victim’s life, says Jane Monckton-Smith [Internet Archive link], senior lecturer in criminology and an expert in coercive control at the university of Gloucestershire. She argues that coercion and control are the very heart of how… Continue reading Coercion and control are the very heart of how an abuser operates: they’re not an added extra.
Thursday Thought — When It Just Couldn’t Be Him
Update added March, 2025. Lundy Bancroft has now been exposed as a predator. Any red lettering in the post below is part of this update. [End of March, 2025 update.] Today I'm writing for women whose partners are held in high esteem in their communities, who are the kind of guy that other people look up… Continue reading Thursday Thought — When It Just Couldn’t Be Him
