Domestic violence is
behavior - emotional, psychological, physical, or sexual abuse - that
one person in an intimate relationship uses in order to control the
other. It takes many different forms and includes behavior such as
threats, name calling, isolation, withholding of money, actual or
threatened physical harm and sexual assault.
- constantly criticize you
and your abilities as a spouse or partner, parent or employee?
- behave in an
over-protective manner or become extremely jealous?
- threaten to hurt you, your
children, pets, family members, friends or themselves?
- prevent you from seeing
family or friends?
- get suddenly angry or
"lose their temper"?
- destroy personal property
or throw things around?
- deny you access to family
assets like bank accounts, credit cards, or the car, or control all
finances and force you to account for what you spend?
- use intimidation or
manipulation to control you or your children? Hit punch, slap, kick,
shove, choke or bite you?
- prevent you from going
where you want to, when you want to, and with whomever you want to?
- make you have sex when you
don't want to or do things sexually that you don't want to?
- humiliate or embarrass you
in front of other people?