In our introductory episode of en(gender)ed, we address the what, how and why en(gender)ed exists and the purpose it serves in illuminating and informing our listeners of the myriad of ways gender-based violence and oppression is manifest in our society.

We will address how we hope hearing from survivors, advocates and policy makers about these issues can be used as a source of information, inspiration and action for our listeners.  Thank you for visiting us and we hope you can stay with us on this journey of learning and discovery.

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On this episode, our guest is Evan Stark, a sociologist and forensic social worker who has been working at the interface of feminist activism, child welfare, health research and justice reform since he and his wife Anne Flitcraft, MD helped found one of the earliest Shelters for battered women in l970's. His prize winning book Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life (Oxford, 2007) helped stimulate the new crime of "coercive and controlling behavior" throughout the United Kingdom and helped broaden the conversation in the United States.  

His new book "What about the Children?" documents the many ways that abusive partners coercively control children and how children respond, holding that it is imperative to treat coercive control as a spectrum.  We will be speaking with Evan about domestic violence and coercive control and unpack some of the myths of domestic abuse and how batterers harm. We hope you will find this helpful in understanding those in your who may be engaging in these tactics and how best to respond and to stay safe.

You can read more about Evan's background here and download a summary of his work on coercive control here.

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On this episode, our guest is Phyllis B. Frank, the Senior Director of VCS, a mental health counseling and family service agency located in Rockland County, with an anti-racist, social justice mission.  Phyllis has dedicated herself to the battered women’s movement for the past 40 plus years, starting the first NY Model for Batterer Programs.

Phyllis shares with us her journey over the past four and a half decades from volunteer counselor to battered women's activist to social justice legend.  She is here to talk to us about the program and its impact, shortcomings of the program, and other ways in which we can strengthen our systems to hold abusers accountable to their actions and keep survivors and their children safe.

During our show, Phyllis and I spoke about a variety of topics and thought it would be helpful to share links to those references and resources:

• Effectiveness of Batterer Intervention Programs
• Best Practices for Batterer Intervention Programs
• The Emerge Website explaining why Anger Management is not appropriate for Batterers/Abusers

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