The Duluth Model and programs for abusers

What is the Duluth model? How effective are batterers' programs? These and many other questions are canvassed in this New York Times article When Men Hit Women by Jan Hoffman, February 16, 1992. [April 5, 2023: The linked article contains multiple pages. Editors.] Although this article was written twenty years ago, it's very worth reading.… Continue reading The Duluth Model and programs for abusers

I had that moment to say something… and I just drove off.

People who take up the cause of domestic abuse usually do so because something in their personal life has galvanized them into it. Many activists have been victims themselves; others take it up because they are close friends or relatives of a victim. But occasionally bystanders are galvanized purely because they see a noxious example… Continue reading I had that moment to say something… and I just drove off.