21 Questions and answers on coercive control
Welcome to 2022! I’m looking forward to an exciting and productive year.
I’ve decided to start this year with a huge challenge. For the month of January, I will be providing 21 questions and answers about coercive control in intimate partner relationships. This information will be provided in posts (video and text) on my Facebook page, on each work day during January. Like my business Facebook page to ensure you see them, https://www.facebook.com/theorangestory.com.au
There are a few reasons why I’ve decided to do this.
It’s a current issue
Firstly, coercive controlling behaviours in the context of family and domestic violence is a very current issue in Australia. People are talking much more on the issue and what we can do to prevent and respond to those impacted by it. It’s no longer invisible and this is great to see. It’s also being explored for criminalisation in some states. Here is an Issues paper on criminalisation of coercive control written by the Australian Women Against Violence Australia (AWAVA) in January 2021, if you are interested in further reading.
Educating more broadly
I believe it’s important to educate more broadly in our community about coercive control, what it looks like, the acts, tactics and behaviours. I’m being asked more and more for information and support with people wanting to know more. Sharing on social media is an excellent way to get information and expertise out there to the general community.
We can always learn more. Information about coercive control needs to expand further than just the specialist family and domestic violence service sector. For example, in other sectors such as justice, police, legal, health, education, youth or early years. Community members can also benefit from this knowledge. Many want to know what they can do to prevent coercive control or how to help someone who is experiencing it.
There’s 21 work days in January
21 fitted in nicely with the work days in January!
Pulling content together for an online course
Finally, the regular posts will help me develop content for a generalist online course that will be available to everyone. This course will share much needed knowledge and information on prevention and response to coercive control in intimate partner relationships.
When the 21 days are up, I will put all the questions and answers into my Online School for Family and Sexual Violence Practice on Thinkific. This will be available for free to anyone with an interest in learning more about coercive control in intimate partner relationships.
Questions
I have picked out some common questions from the research already, however I am happy to answer any others that you may have. So please, send them in to me so they can be included. You can email me on hello@theorangestory.com.au or put in the Facebook comments under any of my posts.
Join me
Join me by viewing these posts and share them with friends and colleagues. Let’s make this issue more visible! The more we learn and talk about coercive control, the better equipped we are to prevent and respond to this serious form of abuse.