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What Is Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence is a pattern of physical, emotional, and coercive
behaviors that one family member uses to exercise power and control
over another. Most perpetrators of abuse and battering are: a spouse,
ex-spouse, boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or lover. Most
often victims of abuse are women and children, although men are
abused also. The abuse can be physical, sexual, verbal, emotional,
financial and psychological.
Types Of Abuse:
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PHYSICAL ABUSE
Hitting/Kicking
Choking/Suffocating
Hair pulling
Held down
Biting/Scratching
Poking/Pinching
Grabbing/Squeezing
Pushing/Shoving/Tripping
Tickling
Spit on
Stabbed/Cut
Burning
Pushed out of car
Throwing objects
Dragged through house
Kidnapped
VERBAL ABUSE
Yelling
Insults
Threats to hurt or kill
Criticizes appearance
Constant blaming
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
Isolation from others
Ridicule, put-downs
Manipulates you (through lies)
Blames you for faults
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Intimidation
Criticism
Prevents you from going places
Uses money to control you
Ignoring partner/silent treatment
Abuse of pets
Monitors conversations
Acts jealous and possessive
Makes constant excuses
Makes you account for time
Embarrasses you in front of others
Make you feel "crazy"
SEXUAL ABUSE
Rape
Withholds sex
Abuse if you refuse sex
Prohibits use of birth control
Forcing pregnancy
Criticizes appearance
Constant sexual demands
Forcing unwanted sexual acts
Making demeaning sexual remarks
Forces cohabitation
FINANCIAL ABUSE
Controlling money
Demanding an account of all expenditures
Destruction of property
Taking keys or purse
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