WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?

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Just so you know, generally speaking, domestic violence or abuse is any behavior that results in the mistreatment of another. There are seven major kinds of abuse: physical, emotional/verbal, social, sexual, spiritual, financial, and systems. To describe what is meant by “mistreatment of another”, some common examples of abuse are listed below:

PHYSICAL ABUSE

Stalking; destroying your belongings; throwing objects at you; touching you in ways that hurt or scare you.

EMOTIONAL/VERBAL ABUSE

Taunting you in the name of fun; ignoring you and your feelings; insulting you repeatedly; yelling at you.

SEXUAL ABUSE

Talking about you or others as sexual objects; forcing you to have sex, even sex after a beating.

SOCIAL ABUSE

Insulting you publicly; controlling your use of money; putting down your abilities; checking up on you.

SPIRITUAL ABUSE

Discounting your sense of right and wrong; denying, minimizing or ridiculing your spiritual beliefs.

FINANCIAL ABUSE

Withholding, diverting or embezzling funds; controlling funds so victim does not have access to purchasing basic needs. MORE

SYSTEMS ABUSE

Violating restraining and protective orders; lying to officials, including judges regarding legal information.