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In the 1960s and 1970s paper dolls were popular. They consisted of a paper image of a man or a woman and there would be different sets of clothing you could attach to the figures. It was a pretty simple activity. It was similar to dress up Barbie dolls. Except paper dolls were flat, one-dimensional figures! Today there has been a resurgence in the very inexpensive printable paper dolls. Dressing up the figures is now called \u201cpaper crafts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For 23 years I was the director of a batterers\u2019 intervention program (AKA \u201cBIP\u201d). The Batterers\u2019 Intervention Program was designed for men to understand the impact on their victims of their verbal, emotional and physical abuse. About Kathryn Maietta MSW, LCSW<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excuses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Men who are abusive to their intimate partners frequently want to focus on the behavior of their victim. They want to blame victims for the behavior of the men. Abusers will say, \u201cShe started it\u201d or \u201cShe was just as bad to me\u201d or \u201cShe called me names, too\u201d. All of these statements may be true or have some components of the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the behavior of someone else never gives the abuser the right to be abusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Activity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For many men who abusive to their intimate partner they are seemingly oblivious to the effect of their physical, emotional, sexual and\/or verbal abuse. This activity was designed to graphically demonstrate the effect of his emotional and verbal abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the BIP class on paper dolls, I would take an 8 1\/2\u201d by 11\u201d piece of paper and cut out a very simple shape of a person. Because I am not an artist at all, my paper dolls looked very similar to a gingerbread cookie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. I would ask the men in BIP to write in large letters the name of their victim across the front of their paper doll.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Then I would read each of the following 20 statements out loud.
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