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Using Children • making partner feel guilty about the children<br />

• using the children to relay messages<br />

• using visitation to harass partner<br />

• threatening to take the children away<br />

Using Gender Privilege • treating partner like a servant<br />

• making all the big decisions<br />

• acting like the Òmaster of the castleÓ<br />

• being the one to define the roles<br />

Using Economic Abuse • preventing partner from getting or keeping a job<br />

• making partner ask for money<br />

• giving partner an allowance<br />

• taking his/her money<br />

• not letting partner know about or have access to family<br />

income<br />

Adapted from Domestic Abuse Intervention Project. Physical and Sexual Violence<br />

Power and Control Wheel. Duluth, Minnesota and used by institutions and organizations<br />

that address violent relationships (e.g., Halton WomanÕs Place, Milton, Ontario).<br />

Equality<br />

The following outlines characteristics of a relationship based on equality. The concepts<br />

addressed in this chart are key to understanding what happens in healthy relationships,<br />

thereby providing students with the insight on what to work towards.<br />

Non Violent Relationships Based on Equality<br />

Negotiation and Fairness • seeking mutually satisfying resolutions to conflict<br />

• accepting change<br />

• being willing to compromise<br />

Non-Threatening<br />

• talking and acting so that partner feels safe and comfortable<br />

Behaviour<br />

expressing him/herself and doing things<br />

Respect • listening to partner non-judgmentally<br />

• being emotionally affirming and understanding<br />

• valuing opinions<br />

Trust and Support • supporting partnerÕs goals in life<br />

• respecting partner right to his/her feelings, friends, activities<br />

Honesty and<br />

Accountability<br />

and opinions<br />

• accepting responsibility for self<br />

• acknowledging past use of violence<br />

• admitting being wrong<br />

• communicating openly and truthfully<br />

Responsible Parenting • sharing parental responsibilities<br />

• being a positive non-violent role model for the children<br />

Shared Responsibility • mutually agreeing on a fair distribution of work<br />

• making family decisions together<br />

Economic Partnership • making money decisions together<br />

• making sure both partners benefit from financial<br />

arrangements<br />

<strong>Grade</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>Active</strong> <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Education</strong> (PPL30), Module #3 Violence and Risk Taking Behaviour<br />

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