TYPES OF ABUSE

Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Partners may be married or not married; heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or dating.

Physical Abuse

• Spitting on
• Pushing and shoving
• Shaking
• Holding down
• Restraining
• Pulling hair
• Causing bruises
• Punching and choking
• Inflicting burn or cuts
• Hitting specific body parts
• Throwing against walls
• Lacerations needing stitches
• Hitting with object
• Injuring back
• Damaging teeth
• Internal injuries
• Miscarriage
• Using Weapons

Psychological Abuse

• Making jokes that demean
• Puts down
• Strict expectations
• Insults: stupid, ugly etc.
• Yelling
• Intimidation
• Ignores ideas or feelings
• Jealousy , rage, paranoia
• Threats to kill, harm, destroy property, take children, use weapons, or commit suicide
• Isolation: Checks up on, won't leave alone, limits use of car or phone
• Labels as crazy, insane, depressed
• Blames partner for violence
• Hurts or scares kids and blames partner
• Rips clothes
• Humiliates in private/public
• Keeps from sleeping
• Hurts or kills pets

Sexual Abuse

• Sexual put-downs:
• Embarrassing sexual comments in private and in public
• Sexually touching in uncomfortable ways
• Sex expected as duty
• Withholding sex to punish
• Accuse partner of being a whore or animal for enjoying sex
• Forcing sex by threats or violence. Unwanted sexual acts - oral, anal, use of objects, etc.
• Sexual humiliation
• Committng Incest
• Severe violence during sex: hitting, biting, using ropes, belts etc.
• Beats partnr after sexual intimacy
• Deliberately cause pain during sexual activity