What Defines Domestic Abuse? Survivors Say Itâs More Than Assault
The Congresswoman Cori Bush and the musician FKA twigs describe how manipulative, isolating conduct known as âcoercive controlâ helped trap them in abusive relationships. Lawmakers are starting to listen.
Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri has been sharing her story as a survivor of domestic abuse to help “normalize the conversation.”Credit.Whitney Curtis for The New York Times
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It was, at first, the kind of dreamily romantic attention that Cori Bush craved. She was 19 or so, barely making ends meet working at a preschool, and a new boyfriend was spooning on affection. He lavished her with gifts, too. âHe would spoil me, he would spoil my friends, my sister â whoever was near me,â she said.