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Battering

The tactics of control — in homes and in public life — and how to help.

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Executive Order 611 (2023) created the Governor's Council to Address Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking.

Receipt Mass.gov, Governor Healey's Executive Orders list

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Beyond physical and sexual abuse, batterers use eight other tactics of control — intimidation, economic abuse, emotional abuse, using others, coercion and threats, isolation, blaming, and privilege.

Freedom Focus asks: does any of this apply to political conversations you've experienced?

Receipt Family Matters Counseling, "8 Tactics Used by Batterers to Gain Control"

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Survivors of domestic abuse show the effects of mind control — abusers brainwash their victims.

Receipt DomesticShelters.org, "Yes, Abusive Partners Brainwash Their Victims"

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Waiting for the perfect words can keep you from helping. Make time, start the conversation, listen without judgment, believe them.

Say: "I believe you." "This is not your fault." "You don't deserve this."

Receipt Verywell Mind, "9 Ways to Help a Victim of Domestic Violence"

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Batterers can change — most intervention is court-mandated group work on power, control and responsibility.

Receipt American Counseling Association, "Intimate Partner Violence — Treating Battering Perpetrators"

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National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988. Danger now: 911.

Receipt The Hotline

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On Cape Cod, Independence House provides confidential domestic and sexual violence support: 1-800-439-6507.

Receipt Independence House

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