The Double Life of Batterers

According to David Adams, a psychologist, «Batterers lead a double life, and that's even more the case for professional men who batter». They often use their status and power over their victims to deny responsibility and avoid detection. One batterer convinced his abused wife that she was deranged. A judge who routinely dismissed; all domestic-violence cases in his court-room beat his own wife. One wrecking-company owner repeatedly crushed the ringers of his deaf wife so she couldn’t use sign language to

report his savage rapes and bearings.

Experts agree that all batterers believe they have the right to use violence to get what they want. Just listen to how batterers in treat­ment groups describe their actions. One man said he put the kids in another room because he didn't want them to witness the bearing. Another said he took his rings off before punching his wife because he didn't want to really hurt her. That's premeditation, that's a planned pattern of coercive control.