Power & Control Wheel

The Power and Control Wheel was developed in Duluth by battered women who were attending education groups sponsored by the local women's shelter. The wheel is used in our Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter curriculum, and in groups of women who are battered, to name and inspire dialogue about tactics of abuse. While we recognize that there are women who use violence against men, and that there are men and women in same-sex relationships who use violence, this wheel is meant specifically to illustrate men's abusive behaviors toward women. The Equality Wheel was developed for use with the same groups.