Are You Or Someone You Know Experiencing Abuse?

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Understanding domestic violence is key to recognizing if you or someone you know is a victim. It involves one person exerting power and control over another in a relationship, often through physical, emotional, financial, immigration-related, or sexual abuse. This imbalance of power may stem from factors like financial resources, gender roles, or cultural expectations.

Physical Abuse

  • Hitting
  • Pushing
  • Shoving
  • Strangling
  • Slapping
  • Physical restraint

Emotional Abuse

  • Calling names
  • Constantly putting down
  • Intimidation
  • Coercion
  • Harassment
  • Isolation from friends and family
  • Yelling/swearing
  • Threats

Technological Abuse

  • Tracking phones or computers
  • Cyberstalking
  • Constant calls, texts, and messages online to check activity
  • Threaten to share intimate pictures
  • Stalk/harass via fake social media accounts
  • Installing apps on the victim’s phone to track location

Financial Abuse

  • Not giving access to family’s finances
  • Not letting the victim find employment
  • Not letting the victim have access to a vehicle
  • Controlling how money can be spent

Sexual Abuse

  • Sex without consent (rape, sodomy)
  • Coerced nudity
  • Sexually explicit photographing

Dating Violence

  • Physical
  • Emotional
  • Sexual
  • Technological

When Children Are Involved

Children who witness domestic violence are at a higher risk to manifest symptoms associated with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). They might have difficulty in understanding and controlling their emotions. Symptoms can manifest very differently in boys than in girls.