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Physical abuse includes:
- slapping, punching, hitting, kicking, shoving, scratching, biting, throwing things at you
- threatening or attacking you with a weapon
- locking you in or out of the house or abandoning you in a dangerous place
- refusing to help you when you are injured, sick or pregnant
Emotional abuse includes:
- insulting you
- ignoring you
- making you feel stupid or worthless
- ridiculing or laughing at your beliefs
- humiliating you in private or in public
- being overly jealous or possessive
- intimidating or harassing you
- accusing you of infidelity without good reason
- isolating you from your friends and family
- preventing you from going to work
- attacking your children or your pets
- threatening to kill you or to leave you or to throw you out
- threatening to kill himself, or go mad if you leave, or don’t do what he wants
Verbal abuse includes:
- swearing at you, calling you names and talking to you as though you were a child, or as though he owns you
Sexual abuse includes:
- making you do sexual things or wear clothes that make you uncomfortable
- pressuring or forcing you to perform sexual acts that you do not want to do
- forcing you to have sex when you do not want to; raping you or threatening to rape you
- forcing you to have sex with other people
Financial abuse includes:
- taking or spending your money, taking or destroying your possessions
- spending most of the money on himself or giving you a very small allowance
- expecting you to account for every cent or do more with the money than is possible
- refusing to give you information about your joint financial situation
- delaying or refusing to pay maintenance if you are no longer together
Read more:
Domestic scars tell stories
6 tactics used to control women
The Domestic Violence Act
Seeking help - the numbers to call
