Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control.
-Ludy Bancroft, Why does he do that? Inside the minds of angry and controlling men
Emotional Abuse
What it means
Did you know?
In 2008, approximately 55,196 children were officially counted as victims of emotional abuse.
Given the difficulties in defining emotional abuse of children, we lack good ways to measure the problem. Its scope remains uncertain, although it is believed to be quite prevalent.
preventchildabuse.org
40% of women and 32% of men have reported expressive aggression.
41% of women and 43% of men reported coercive control.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In Popular Culture
Movies
- Disney's The Kid
- The Meyerowitz Stories
- The Tree of Life
- A Dog's Purpose
TV Shows
- All American
- The Act
- Dawson's Creek
- The Sopranos
- Fruits Basket
Books
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- The Pale-Faced Lie
- An Abbreviated Life