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Abuse goes beyond a raised fist
The signs and results of domestic violence are widespread and devastatingly personal. Recognizing the many faces of abuse is the first step to a new beginning.
Emotional Abuse is when your partner...
- Blames you for all that goes wrong
- Constantly criticizes and demeans you, alone and in front of others
- Limits your contact with others
- Threatens to hurt or take away children, property or pets
- Restricts your privacy and wants to know where you are all the time
- Ridicules your family and friends
- Threatens suicide if you leave
Physical Abuse is when your partner...
- Kicks, hits, pulls, chokes, pinches, squeezes, holds or pushes you
- Threatens you or inflicts physical harm with a weapon
- Restrains or locks you up
- Deprives you of sleep, food or medical attention
Financial abuse is when your partner...
- Refuses to provide money for the family's basic needs
- Denies you access to the family finances
- Keeps family finances a secret
- Refuses to spend money on special occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries
- Runs up debts
- Refuses to let you get or keep a job
Sexual abuse is when your partner...
- Touches you against your will
- Forces you to have intercourse
- Demands you assume sexual positions and perform sexual acts against your will
- Makes degrading sexual comments about you
- Treats you like a sex object
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