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One of the most important books ever written on domestic violence, Coercive Control breaks through entrenched views of physical abuse that have ultimately failed to protect women. Evan Stark, founder of one of America’s first battered women’s shelters, shows how “domestic violence” is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI st… More >>
Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life
Professor Stark has a perceptive understanding of his material, and his manner of presentation is outstanding. My wife, a divorce attorney who dealt with abused women in New York City, heard Dr. Stark speak and came back enthused.
Rating: 5 / 5
I highly recommend this book to anyone trying to understand the real dynamics of domestic violence.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m just realizing i have been in a non-violent yet extreemly controlled coercive relationship for decades. Disabled spouse uses guilt and sudden worsening of health … and oddly dramatic instant recovery when I capitulate … among other nifty tricks. Somehow despite being an RN myself I never put 2 and 2 together until undergoing years of therapy and 12 step support groups. This book has golden tidbits of information maddenly hidden among piles of statstics about physical violence: exactly what it proposes to not be about. I bought it anyway as I need all the ammuntion … not literal… I can hurl to put my pathetic pathological spouse in place like a bad dog. Works for me! Freedom…power…I had it all along. I pray for other emotionally pissed on peeps to realize their own worth as full fledged adult humans and stop letting abusers get away with this insanity…with love and non violence.
Rating: 4 / 5
If you are burned out or fed up in the daily grind of domestic violence field work, this book will invigorate you. Battered women always say that the physical violence is the least of what they endure… yet the legal and social services systems, media and society increasingly place incident-specific physical abuse front and center. This book offers a frank examination of how the organized domestic violence movement may be enabling this approach — which is so at odds with battered women’s experiences — and provides a rich, insightful and honest examination of the reality of women’s lives under the control of abusive partners.
Rating: 5 / 5