Picture this: a man calls his partner an “OCD freak” at a barbecue, then plucks the small coin she keeps in her pocket for comfort and flips it into the river. The friends laugh. She freezes.

Coercive control was written into U.K. law as a crime in 2015, referring to a form of abuse that occurs within a family or intimate partnerships. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of ...

Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms controlling individuals use to keep their partners silent and disempowered. When we think of an unhealthy relationship, we often ...

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and ...

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According to new research, 42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control. The study, published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly half of respondents ...

A recently introduced Colorado bill seeks to require judges to consider "misgendering" as a form of "coercive control" during child custody disputes. If passed, the bill would pose a major threat to ...

Picture this: a man calls his partner an "OCD freak" at a barbecue, then plucks the small coin she keeps in her pocket for comfort and flips it into the river. The friends laugh. She freezes.