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Domestic violence is a pattern of behaviors used to gain or maintain power and control. However, the abusive behavior it details can happen to people of any gender or sexuality. Moreover, the wheel diagram serves as tactics abusive partners use to keep survivors in a relationship. The inside of the wheel makes up subtle, continual behaviors over time, while the outer ring represents physical and sexual violence. Thus, abusive actions like those depicted in the outer ring reinforce the regular use of other, more subtle methods found in the inner ring.
Relationship abuse and its complexity are hard to explain in a single diagram. However, the Power and Control Wheel presents a clear lens through which to examine domestic violence. Learn more about the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project. Visit our page for Privacy Policy.
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Power and Control. Create a safety plan that fits your situation. Reproductive Coercion. Call 1.
