Domestic violence is an escalating pattern of abuse where one partner in an intimate relationship controls the other through force, intimidation, or the threat of violence. Abuse comes in many forms:
Physical: Kicking, punching, shoving, slapping, pushing, and any other acts that hurt your body.
Sexual: Calling you vulgar names, criticizing your body parts or sensuality, forced or pressured sexual acts, including rape.
Emotional: Assaults against your self-esteem.
Verbal: Name-calling, threats, put-downs.
Psychological: Causing you to feel as if you are "going crazy".
Spiritual: Attacking your spiritual or religious beliefs.
Financial: Controlling and manipulating you by threatening your economic status and basic needs.
Homophobic: Threatening to "out" you to people who do not know your sexual orientation.
Immigration: Using your immigration status and fear of deportation to control you.
Destructive Acts: Actual or threatened assault of your property or pets to scare you.
Nearly 25% of women and 7.6% of men were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or dating partner/acquaintance at some time in their lifetime
Approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States.
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