About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of domestic violence and coercive control, emphasizing the systemic nature of abuse and its global implications.

Send us Fan Mail A lot of people say they want survivors to “speak up” until the story gets messy, angry, and specific. We go there. We talk about domestic violence and coercive control the way it actually shows up: not as a single incident, but as a system of fear, manipulation, and escalating harm that can follow you into the ER, the workplace, and the courtroom. We also zoom out to the global reality of intimate partner violence, including cultures where reporting abuse brings stigma inst...

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Host: Victora Cuore

Topics covered

• domestic violence
• coercive control
• survivor stories
• intimate partner violence
• global reality of abuse
• manipulation
• fear

Keywords

• domestic violence
• coercive control
• survivor
• abuse
• manipulation
• fear
• intimate partner violence
• reporting abuse
• stigma

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Organizations: A Contagious Smile, ER, workplace, courtroom, intimate partner violence

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