Coercion

updated from June 2025 This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has never been a side …

Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget.To move on. So we did.We …

  One of the most dangerous assumptions in the world is believing that if a woman does not openly object, she must be okay with what is happening. Many women …

The first step in controlling a person is often convincing them they cannot trust what they know. Violence prevention begins long before violence. It begins with protecting people’s right to …

  When men debate whether women deserve safety, they are not having a conversation. They are auditioning for authority over women’s boundaries. The year is 2026. Violence against women is …

Where coercion is the law, truth cannot live. When the rules are written to force silence,to demand submission,to prioritize appearances over reality—truth gasps for air. Truth withers.Truth is hunted. Survivors …

FAQs About Coercive Control   Is coercive control the same as emotional abuse? They overlap, but coercive control is often broader. It involves an ongoing pattern of domination, restriction, and …

In this episode of We Survive Abuse, we step into a modern fable about a simple bench, a tired woman, and a town that does not realize it is watching …

The Trap in Toxic Relationships and Systems “Fine. I will do it myself.” Ancient Black women’s proverb.   At first, she thought the problem was the broken thing. The leaking …

Someone is telling on themselves……. In Jim Crow America, Black people—especially Black women and girls—were forbidden from having boundaries: A Black woman couldn’t say no to a white man’s advances …