Whether or not to criminalise 'coercive control' - a precursor to family violence.
According to the Melbourne Age:
Coercive control - which can include isolating a partner from their friends and family, restricting their movement, monitoring their phone and controlling their finances - is the most common factor leading up to an intimate partner homicide.
A couple of Australian states have - or are in the process of doing so.
What is striking about the linked article is how balanced it is with reasoned views from differing perspectives. In NZ a mainly one-sided argument would be presented featuring various anti-male campaigners and favoured by left-wing blogs like The Spin-off, and MSM like Stuff and RNZ in particular.
I'd suggest criminalising coercive control in NZ is a foregone conclusion once the idea gains traction.
2 comments:
So does that mean the government COVID actions are coercive control and will also be illegal? - isolating people from friends and family, restricting their movement, moving them on from non-approved locations, preventing them from earning an income etc?
Well-spotted Anonymous.
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