Ellen Pence, Battered Women's Movement Leader

Ellen Pence is the co-founder of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project in Duluth, MN. Pence and a group of other social activists initiated DAIP in the early 1980s. They went on to pioneer key domestic violence innovations, including the power and control wheel, mandatory arrest, batterer intervention programs and the coordinated community response to domestic abuse. Thirty years later, Pence remains committed to the original cause -- most recently, she spearheaded a major new domestic violence initiative in St. Paul, MN. Pence is one of the main characters in the upcoming documentary, "Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America."

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• battered women
• violence against women

[Justician2]

The men's comments to this video are great examples of how entitled they feel to shape the conversation. Ellen Pence clearly discusses the origins of the power and control wheel in the experiences of women with abusers. She does not advocate such power tactics by women. Thanks, guys, for modeling abusive behavior!

[Justician2]

She does not ever say that she only ever talks to women. She says that the items in her wheel come from talking to women.  She works with batterers, and you cannot be effective in that work unless you are able to listen to and respect men.

[geolocations]

Sorry David Cameron I realise that you are only one person and to expect you to commit political suicide over an issue such as this would not help, we need an independent investigation into this, that is not being lead by woman's advocates or feminist NGO's. There is plenty of new evidence to show what has been happening. At the moment only civil servants and members of front line services have had empowerment and they have been the ones who are already biased and instead of finding solutions h

[geolocations]

David Cameron halt the abuse system separating families and tackle all forms of cultural Marxism in politics that operate by a divide and rule policy as the socialist made over the previous years, allow us to become a society that is elgatarian and respectful to heal the divisions that have been created. That is more important than the euro or the price of gold. True civilisation can only be regarded by its merits and human qualities anyway..

[geolocations]

Radical feminist ideology, I.e. the politics of totalisum is one of the genuine terrorisists we face in the real world. Going on a Duluth courses can be viewed as just that. If you had a programme that taught that's women should swallow misogynist ideas untill the individual can be considered fit parents to women who had slapped their husbands, the deluth model would then be seen for what it, is distasteful sexism and open to abusive.

[geolocations]

Ok so why could she not have got a group of men together also to ask of there experiences too and find a solution so that men would not have to live in fear of isolation and emotional abuse too, in some cases violence too? It would have been great if this woman could have understood that gender differences are not a threat, they should be understood? Since she was probably a lesbian anyway so I guess that she would not have been concerned about the damage caused by trying to brain wash men. I g

[WILLIAMCHANEL]

Rest in peace, Ellen Pence.  xoxo

[benazeman]

I will miss you, Ellen!  Thank you; thank you.

[MikeyRed76]

R.I.P. Ellen. A great human being.

[kobecat4]

Ellen is not a therapist. Her opinions are biased- she is dealing with a situation where she is only looking at 'symptoms" and effects of a much deeper underling problem. No one feels entitled, they are reactive. and you can teach them to recognize and change their behavior. Women are just as much a part of the problem, and it's time to change this 18th century antiquated way of dealing with abuse. It's a Public Health Human issue not a mans issue.

[lovingcorey4life]

Been there...help the men and women in this world!!

[csoehl]

Great exposition that references and reflects the actual experience of women being abused. Survey style research is important, but clearly, listening qualitatively to women describing what it feels like to live with abuse yields the most important tools to help them make effective decisions and heal afterwards.