Duluth Model

The Duluth Model has destroyed men and families throughout the world.

The Duluth Model was founded by Ellen Pence. Pence later denounced the Duluth Model, stating:

"By determining that the need or desire for power was the motivating force behind battering, we created a conceptual framework that, in fact, did not fit the lived experience of many of the men and women we were working with. The DAIP staff [...] remained undaunted by the difference in our theory and the actual experiences of those we were working with [...] It was the cases themselves that created the chink in each of our theoretical suits of armor. Speaking for myself, I found that many of the men I interviewed did not seem to articulate a desire for power over their partner. Although I relentlessly took every opportunity to point out to men in the groups that they were so motivated and merely in denial, the fact that few men ever articulated such a desire went unnoticed by me and many of my coworkers. Eventually, we realized that we were finding what we had already predetermined to find."

External Links

• The Duluth Model
• The Duluth Model PDF
• Duluth Model Wheels
• Duluth Model - Power and Control Wheel
• Evidence that The Duluth Model is based on a belief in patriarchy
• Battered Men
• Dutton and Corvo
• Setting the record straight on Duluth
• Predominant Aggressor
• Duluth Model Apologia
• Impact of the Duluth Model on gay men

See Also

• Ellen Pence