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What is a wheel of equality?

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What is a wheel of equality?

The Equality Wheel describes the qualities involved in healthy relationships. The Equality Wheel shows the changes needed for men who batter to move from being abusive to non-violent partnership. It is best used with the Duluth Power and Control Wheel.

What are the spokes of the equality wheel?

The Equality Wheel

  • What is the “Equality Wheel”?
  • The Center of the Wheel:
  • Equality: Equality is the foundation of any healthy relationship.
  • The Spokes of the Wheel:
  • Trust: trust appropriately.
  • Support: Support each other.
  • Respect: Respect other people’s boundaries.

Who created the equality wheel?

Ellen Pence, Michael Paymar and Coral McDonald created the wheel after meeting extensively with battered women’s groups in Duluth and credited the women’s input as being the sole basis for the concept.

What is the power and control wheel?

The Power and Control Wheel is a tool utilized in the domestic violence/interpersonal violence field to understand the tactics abusers use to gain power and control over their victims. The wheel is instrumental to our understanding of how abusers operate.

What are the three 3 stages of battered woman syndrome?

Specifically, the battered woman syndrome is characterized by the cycle of violence, which has three phases: (1) the tension-building phase; (2) the acute battering incident; and (3) the tranquil, loving (or, at least, nonviolent) phase.

What is a Power and control wheel?

What are healthy and unhealthy relationships?

Respect for both oneself and others is a key characteristic of healthy relationships. In contrast, in unhealthy relationships, one partner tries to exert control and power over the other physically, sexually, and/or emotionally.

Why is the Power and control wheel important?

Power and Control Break free from abuse. The wheel serves as a diagram of tactics that an abusive partner uses to keep their victims in a relationship. The inside of the wheel is made up of subtle, continual behaviors over time, while the outer ring represents physical and sexual violence.