Intimate terrorists go to extreme measures to dominate their partners through intimidation created by threatened and actual violence, forced isolation from others, and economic or other types of dependency. The purpose of these dehumanizing and harmful acts is to force their victims into submission and power-lessness through the loss of identity and self-esteem. Their aggression, which is commonly fueled by a desire to increase control and/or a desire to manifest their control over their partner, often escalates in intensity in an effort to extract more convincing signs of obedience. Intimate terrorists, who typically believe in patriarchy, often maintain that it is their right to control “their” partner whom they regard as “property.” In the spectrum of domestic violence, intimate terrorists are the most extreme, engaging in highly destructive predatory practices.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:26:11 +0000
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