Sutherland Shire Domestic Violence

Sutherland Shire Domestic Violence Informtion and Support Guide 11 Using Male Privilege Does your partner always see themselves as superior or always right? Does your partner treat you like you’re a possession that can be owned? Does your partner insist on making all the big decisions? Has your partner ever told you what to wear, read, or restricted where you can go and who you can talk to? Does your partner monitor and control the financial matters including spending, bills, assets, loans and bank accounts? Using Coercion and Threats Does your partner use force or coercion to make you do things against your will? Has your partner threatened to hurt the children, friends, family members or pets? Has your partner threatened to report you to Centrelink, the Tax Office, Immigration, Corrections, Police, Child Safety, Employers or others? Has your partner ever threatened to leave you, harm themselves or commit suicide? Has your partner ever insisted you dress more or less sexually than you want? Has your partner ever threatened to kill you and/or your children?