The Power and Control Wheel

The Power and Control Wheel describes the tactics men use to control their intimate partners. They use these tactics in an attempt to get partners to stop doing something, start doing something, or do things their way.

The wheel is called The Duluth Model and more info can be found here: https://www.theduluthmodel.org/wheels/

The Tactics of Control

• Use of Fear
• Abuse Her Feelings
• Use of Isolation
• Minimizing, Denying, or Blaming
• Using the Children
• Using Male Privilege
• Economic Abuse
• Threats and Intimidation