Little eyes, little ears - Agence de la sante publique du Canada

little eyes,little earsGlossary of termsClarifying definitions helps uscommunicate with a sharedunderstanding of important concepts.Abuse can be used by females against malesand early evidence suggests the effect on childrenis different than when a man is the aggressor. 14In this resource, we address the abuse of women bymen and how it is experienced by their children.coercive controlAn on-going pattern of domination using strategies thatinclude irrational demands, surveillance, isolation, and therealistic threat of negative consequences such as physicalharm. It can be used as a guise for child "discipline."The Power & Control Wheel from the Domestic AbuseIntervention Project [www.duluth-model.org] shows thespectrum of tactics used against women such as threats,intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, minimization,and denial of harm.Evan Stark (2007). Coercive Control: HowMen Entrap Women in Personal Life.Oxford University Press.domestic violenceThe abuse, assault or systematic control of someoneby an intimate partner, usually but not always apattern of behaviour used by men against women.child exposure todomestic violenceSeeing, hearing, being told about,or seeing the aftermath of abuseand coercive control used againsta parent.child maltreatmentAlso called “child abuse,” a term that can mean physical,sexual or emotional abuse, and/or physical or emotionalneglect and/or denial of medical care.intimate partner violenceA term now common in the research literature usuallyreferring to what can be gender symmetrical or bidirectionalviolence in a relationship: male to female, orfemale to male.When reading research articles, check to seehow the authors define violence: who, what, whereand when. Does it match your definition? Does itmatch the profile of people you meet in your work?woman abuseA pattern of male behaviour characterized by coercivecontrol tactics against a woman that may, or may not,involve physical assault.2Many people use the term “woman abuse”because it denotes the gendered nature ofdomestic violence.