South Australia – Prawn of the Patriarchy

In another of my posts entitled ‘Finessing definitions to preserve the image of female victimhood‘, I talk about the propensity of the feminist lobby to expand in influence (and finding) via inventing newer and worse ways to ‘prove’ the unutterable beastliness of the patriarchy. Two of the newer buzz-terms being bounced around the domestic violence sector are ‘parental alienation‘ and ‘coercive control’.

“Coercive control is often defined as a pattern of controlling behaviour, used by a perpetrator to establish and maintain control over another person. Coercive control is almost always an underlying dynamic of family and domestic violence and intimate partner violence.” (Source)

Here in Australia, a joint select committee on coercive control was established on 21 October 2020 to inquire into and report on coercive control in domestic relationships. In conducting the inquiry, the committee was to consider the NSW Government discussion paper on coercive control and answer the questions posed in the paper. Submissions closed on the 29 January 2021, and hearings were held in February and March 2021. Here is the June 2021 report produced by the Inquiry.

On 16 September 2022 the federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the opening of a further inquiry into coercive control.

“The consultation process will involve an online survey, targeted roundtable discussions and further advice from an Advisory Group made up of victim-survivors, family and domestic violence experts, and representatives of people at increased risk of coercive control.

You can contribute to a shared national understanding of coercive control by providing your feedback on the Consultation Draft using the survey link” (which can be found on the linked page above).

That project was scheduled to close on 11 November 2022.

Former Tasmanian MP Kathryn Hay in court over emotional abuse and intimidation allegation (18 July 2024)

Women are great at coercive control, by Bettina Arndt (10 July 2024)

A third of men in the UK are victims of coercive control (April 2024)

Feminism’s latest weapon is a fraud, by Bettina Arndt (8 December 2023)

Husband whose wife was the first woman in the UK to be convicted of coercive behaviour finds love again after years of brutal abuse at the hands of his ex (23 September 2023) UK

Call in the troops, by Bettina Arndt (23 March 2023)

Coercive control con job, by Betta Arndt (16 March 2023)

Coercive control – the women killed by abusive partners (27 September 2022)

1IN3’s submission in response to the discussion paper: Implementation considerations should coercive control be criminalised in South Australia (12 April 2022)

Feminists throw children under the bus – by Bettina Arndt (substack.com) (30 August 2021)

Male-Victims-of-Coercive-Control-2021.pdf (mankind.org.uk) (2021)