Abusive Behavior

Do Abusers Intend to Be Abusive? A Reader Wonders to What Extent Abusers Understand Their Own Behavior and Motives

A Feminist Advice Friday collaboration with Liberating Motherhood

Nov 8 •

Abusive Men and Sex: Coercive Control and Intimate Partner Sexual Coercion

Why coercive control makes a consensual sex life impossible

Oct 19 •

He Hurts Her Body in a Thousand Ways Without Laying a Hand on Her

We need to expand our view of what counts as physical violence

Aug 22 •

10 Reasons Why a Coercively Controlling Man is an Unfit Father

Men who perpetrate domestic abuse against a child's mother are, in fact, grossly inadequate, unfit fathers

Jul 6 •

How Domestically Abusive Men Distort Their Children's Thinking

And how children can break free of the distortions

Jun 20 •

Why Domestically Violent Men Use Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse is an underestimated aspect of coercive control. Here's what to do about it.

May 26

Why Abusive Men DON'T Love Their Children

We need to think the unthinkable and use a better concept of love to judge fathers who are perpetrators of abuse

Apr 22 •

An Interview with Dr Emma Katz

In-depth insight into Dr Emma Katz's life and perspectives

Feb 25 •

The REASON BEHIND Abusive Men's Regime of Control

Why abuse is functional and practical for the male abuser of women and children

Dec 14, 2023 •

The Deepening Deliberate Destructiveness of Coercive Control

Coercive control as a system of harm: the 1st anniversary of "Decoding Coercive Control with Dr Emma Katz"

Nov 18, 2023 •

Is Your Abusive Partner Or Ex-Partner A Stalker?

This is how you can tell when your abuser is a stalker, and when you or your child are being targeted

Oct 9, 2023 •

Why Coercive Control Gets Worse During Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding

Coercive controllers are dangerous partners and fathers to mothers and babies

Sep 14, 2023 •

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