A video recounting a domestic argument sparks alarm, backlash, and renewed focus on coercive control and child safety A woman’s […] The post Woman says ex-boyfriend threatened to beat her 13-year-old ...

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...

Coercive control almost always accompanies intimate partner violence (IPV), but IPV doesn’t need to accompany coercive control to effectively gain power and dominance over an intimate partner.