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Domestic Violence
Types of Abuse: [ Economic]…[Emotional]…[Physical]…[Sexual]…[Verbal]…[Index]
ECONOMIC ABUSE
- The abuser may keep the victim from getting or keeping a job.
The abuser gets the victim in trouble at work by calling throughout the day
The abuser comes to work and gets the victim into trouble
The abuser causes the victim to miss work
- The abuser refuses to let the victim leave the house
- The abuser has left bruises and the victim is embarrassed to go to work
The abuser does not let the victim have transportation
- The abuser may keep control of the money:
The abuser makes the victim ask for money
The abuser gives the victim an allowance and then monitors the spending.
- The abuser may not let the victim know about or have access to the family money.
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EMOTIONAL ABUSE
Although the signs of emotional abuse are very difficult to see, this abuse can be far more damaging and possibly devastating to the victim. Emotional abuse can control the decisions of the victim long after the abuser is out of the picture. Without some form of counselling the victim may never recover from this form of abuse.
- Emotional abuse involves intimidation, coercion and threats:
The abuser threatens to physically hurt the victim
The abuser threatens to leave
The abuser threatens to take away the children
The abuser threatens to report the victim to different authorities
The abuser threatens to take or break the victim's belongings
The abuser threatens to commit suicide
The abuser threatens to cut off finances
The abuser hurts or kills pets
The abuser displays weapons
The abuser hurts him/herself
The abuser makes the victim do illegal things
- The abuser isolates the victim:
The abuser controls what the victim does
The abuser controls who the victim sees and talks to
The abuser controls what the victim watches and reads
The abuser controls where the victim goes
The abuser controls the victim outside involvement
The abuser calls home throughout the day to make sure the victim has not left the house
- The abuser uses "male privilege":
The abuser treats the victim like a servant
The abuser makes all the big decisions
The abuser defines the role of the wife and husband
The abuser acts like the "master" of the castle
- The abuser denies responsibility:
The abuser makes light of the abuse
The abuser does not take the victims concerns seriously
The abuser denies the abuse happened
The abuser blames the victim for the abuse, saying "you made me" do it
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PHYSICAL ABUSE
This is the easiest type of abuse to identify because it usually, but not always, leaves visible signs on the victim. Many victims are treated in the emergency room but are afraid to tell how they got hurt.
The abuser uses their body to bump into the victim
The abuser grabs at and yanks on the victim
The abuser hits, kicks, pushes, pulls out hair of the victim
The abuser uses objects to hit the victim
The abuser uses "lethal" weapons (knives, guns) to hurt the victim
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SEXUAL ABUSE
- The abuser forces the victim to do things she/he does not like
- The abuser forces the victim to have sex against their will
- The abuser attacks, verbally and physically, the sexual parts of the victims body
- The abuser treats the victim like a sex object
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VERBAL ABUSE
- The abuser puts down the victim
- The abuser calls the victim names
- The abuser uses loud voices and screaming to intimidate the victim
- The abuser uses foul language
- Some of the things that are verbal abuse are also emotional abuse.
The abuser humiliates the victim in public
The abuser tries to make the victim think they are crazy by using lies
The abuser accuses the victim of having affairs
The abuser tells the victim they do not know how to do things correctly
The abuser denies saying things when the victim wants to talk about them later
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Resources on this website have been provided by Lionel Hartley, PhD as a free community service. Information has been gleaned from a variety of sources and may be copied provided this website is cited as the source.
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Resources:
Free Seminar  Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Forum Two fora to choose from.
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