Sentences with phrase «power of the abuser»

«Julie Ingersoll, a professor at the University of North Florida who studies evangelical communities, said mental isolation is key to abuse, and websites telling the stories of abuse survivors «completely undermine the power of abusers to convince their victims that it's their fault and that they're all alone.

But your self - shame and self - loathing, and sometimes the power of the abuser, get a quick glimpse of the Grim Reaper.

Not exact matches

Known as Mr. Fix - It by some of his cabinet colleagues, Kenney has pledged to bring in major reforms to the system, including beefing up the auditing powers of federal inspectors who are hunting down abusers.

Secondly, when we believe the alleged abuser and silence the alleged victim, it betrays our fascination for preserving the privileges of power.

If you are working with known abusers and you are attempting to discern if an abuser is authentically repentant, look for signs that they feel entitled to sympathy instead of accountability and restrictions, or to forgiveness and reconciliation from their victims and / or loved ones, or to being restored to a position of power.

One of the things abusers do when confronted is to try and convince people of their innocence by suddenly equalizing the imbalance of power.

Such people may be substance abusers, but usually in the case of church leaders the problem is an addiction to work, sex, romance, self - abuse, power or money.

Routinely, victims of harassment and assault didn't challenge their abusers or immediately file complaints not just because they didn't want to endanger their own careers (although there was that, too), but because women have been conditioned for acquiescence to authority and male power their whole lives.

Munn has publicly accused director Brett Ratner of misconduct and harassment and is an outspoken critic of a Hollywood power structure she says rewards abusers and silences victims.

«On one hand, victims have a tremendous amount of power to confront their abusers, publicly and directly like never before.

The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 31F (6)(in force since April 2014) gives the family court judge some power to act as intermediary where a witness is to be in examined by a party (eg in the case of an alleged abuser cross-examining a child witness).

Despite the threats that your abuser makes in an attempt to maintain control, many of which are empty and deceptive, you have the power and the choice to take your life back.

The cycle of violence is such that the abuser takes away the power from the victim, the victim feels powerless to do anything and the abuser is able to continue removing power from the victim.

Controlling partners also use any power they have at their disposal to manipulate their spouse, resulting in financial and emotional abuse or even using the children as leverage to coerce the victim to submit to the authority of the abuser.

«More than 20,000 victims disclosed instances of economic abuse, in which the abuser forcibly took control of or manipulated the victim's finances in order to wield power over him or her.»

The abuser might shut down and do everything within her power to push you out of her life.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the common element in every incident of intimate partner violence is the abuser's need for power and control in the relationship.