My dream-Last night in a dream I spoke with the god of war. He said, “men don’t need peace, they need war.” I thought to myself…I have been in spiritual warfare for so long I am comfortable in it. Just as men who do tour after tour get comfortable in it and then they are bored as hell when that purpose is taken and they come home. Nevertheless a new purpose can grow. A better purpose.
Oh Hell No! Says the Red Head.
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Biderman’s Chart of Coercion
Do the tactics of mind control listed below sound familiar? Isn’t this happening in the whole world right now? Two years and running…
A tool designed to demonstrate and explain the coercive methods of stress manipulation used to torture prisoners of war. It has been applied to explain the coercive techniques used by perpetrators of domestic abuse.
This list directly reflects the original chart, it has not been changed to fit the domestic abuse context. Method Effect and Purpose Variants
Isolation
Deprives victim of all social support of their ability to resist.
Develops an intense concern with self (this could be home environment)
Makes victim dependent.
Complete solitary confinement
Complete or partial isolation
Group Isolation
Monopolization of Perception
Fixes attention upon immediate predicament. Eliminates information not in compliance with demands.
Punishes independence and /or resistance.
Physical isolation
Darkness or Bright light
Restricted movement
Monotonous Food
Humiliation and Degradation
Makes resistance more ‘costly’ than compliance.
‘Animal Level’ concerns.
Personal hygiene prevented
Demeaning Punishments
Insults and taunts
Denial of Privacy
Exhaustion
Weakens mental and physical ability to resist.
Semi-Starvation
Sleep deprivation
Prolonged interrogation
Overexertion
Threats
Creates anxiety and despair Outlines cost of non-compliance
Threats to kill
Threats of abandonment/nonreturn
Threats against family
Vague Threats, passive aggressive threats.
Mysterious changes of treatment.
Occasional indulgences
Positive motivation for compliance. Hinders adjustment to deprivation
Occasional favors Rewards for partial compliance
Promises
Demonstrating Omnipotence
Suggests futility of resistance Confrontation
Showing complete control over victims face
Forcing trivial demands
Develops habit of compliance Enforcement of ‘rules’
Amnesty International (1994)
Biderman’s Chart of Coercion originated from Albert Biderman’s study of Chinese psychological torture of American prisoners of war during the Korean War.