Citation

Edleson JL. Violence Against Women 2010; 16(9): 981-984.

Affiliation

University of Minnesota, St. Paul. jedleson@umn.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801210378978

PMID

20709998

Abstract

Editorial: I wanted to title the introduction to this special issue “What’s the Punch Line?” but punch is too violent and Ellen Pence would tease me no end if I did that, and she’d do it in front of a large audience, I am sure of it! But I do think of punch lines when I think of Ellen. She loves to tease people and tell humorous stories. Most people get a wide grin on their face when you mention Ellen’s name because she’s hilarious. Her dry, sarcastic humor and teasing make her a comedienne extraordinaire, and it is the weapon she most often uses to disarm people who may not want to hear what she has to say.

Ellen—working with many colleagues, including Michael Paymar—developed one of the earliest efforts to intervene with men who batter. The Duluth model, as it is usually called, is most often thought of as an educational curriculum for men who batter that includes a diagram called the Power and Control Wheel.

Language: en