Dating Violence Power and Control Wheel Followed by the Equality Wheel
The following information was taken from the Michigan.gov website and each of the wheels below can be accessed from the following url: http://www.michigan.gov/datingviolence/0,1607,7-233-46553---,00.html.
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It's About Power and Control
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This wheel represents a snapshot of what a violent teen dating relationship looks like. While it doesn't cover every survivor's experience, it does portray the most common tactics teen abusers use against their dating partners.
You will notice that the center, or hub, of the wheel is "Power and Control." This is at the very heart of this wheel because power and control are the reasons abusers choose to use violence and other tactics against their dating partners. They want complete power over and control of their partners. In order to get that power and control, most teen abusers start out very slyly using the various tactics - or spokes - of the wheel, but usually increase their use of them over time. These include anger/emotional abuse, using social status, intimidation, minimize/deny/blame, threats, sexual coercion, isolation/exclusion and peer pressure. The outer rim of the wheel is physical violence as violent acts or the threat of violent acts are what abusers use to get and keep their power and control over their dating partners. Here is an easily printable version of the Power and Control Wheel.
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It Should Be About Equality
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This wheel represents the various elements of teen dating relationships based on equality. You'll notice how very different this wheel is from the Teen Power and Control Wheel. Instead of being about getting power and control over a dating partner, a relationship based on equality involves traits like fairness, communication, respect, trust, support and honesty. Check it out! Here is an easily printable version of the Equality Wheel.
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