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Home > Resources > Types of Abuse:

Types of Abuse:

August 24, 2017 by

Types of Abuse:

Psychological/ Emotional Abuse

 

Verbal Abuse

• Name calling
• Destructive criticism
• Accusing

Blaming

• Yelling
• Making humiliating remarks or gestures
Pressure Tactics
• Rushing a partner to make decisions through “guilt tripping” and other forms of intimidation
• Sulking
• Threatening to withhoild money
• Using children to manipulate partner
• Keeping partner awake for hours to change his/her mind on something
• Pressuring partner for se

Abusing Authority or Trust:

• Always claiming to be right
• Telling partner what to do
• Making big decisions without discussing it with partner first
• Lying
• Withholding information
• Infidelity
• Unreasonable jealousy

Disrespect:

• Interrupting
• Changing topics
• Not listening or responding
• Twisting words
• Putting partner down in front of other people
• Belittling your partner, friends and family
• Belittling your partners friends or family

Minimizing, Denying and Blaming

• Making light of abusive behaviour
• Denying that the abuse has happened
• Blaming partner for abuse

Isolation:

• Preventing or making it difficult for partner to see friends or relatives
• Monitoring phone calls
• Telling partner where he/she can and cannot go

Harassment:

• Making uninvited visits or calls
• Following partner
• Checking up on partner
• Embarrassing partner in public
• Refusing to leave when asked

Emotional Withholding:

• Not expressing feelings
• Not giving support, attention or compliments
• Not respecting rights, feelings or opinions

Financial Abuse:

• Interfering with partner’s work or not letting them work
• Withholding or taking money
• Denying partner access to the car or other property
• Threatening to report partner to Child and Family Services or other agencies
• Sabotaging partner’s efforts to improve economically (i.e.: going to school or training program)
• Creates debt in partner’s name
• Sells partners possessions

Sexual Abuse:

• Degrading treatment based on partner’s gender or sexual orientation
• Using force, threats, or coercion to obtain sex or perform sexual acts
• Unwanted touching or fondling
• Not respecting personal privacy such as undressing, going to the washroom or personal hygiene
Spiritual Abuse:
• Refusing your partner to practice their religion of choice
• Criticizing partner’s religion
• Making partner participate in your religion

Physical Violence

Intimidation:

• Making angry or threatening gestures
• Use of physical size to intimidate
• Standing in the doorway during arguments
• Driving recklessly when partner or children are in the car

Destruction:

• Destroying partner’s possessions
• Punching walls
• Throwing and/or breaking things

Threats:

• Making and/or carrying out threats to hurt partner and others

Assault:

• Being violent to partner, children, pets or others; slapping, punching, grabbing, kicking, choking, pushing, biting, and burning

Assault with a Weapon:

• Use or threatened use of weapons
• Keeping weapons around to frighten partner
• Constantly reminding partner of the weapons
• Stabbing, shooting, using object to strike, choke or burn (i.e.: belt, rope, lighter etc)

 

Adapted in part from Domestic Violence: The Facts. Battered Women Fighting Back! Inc. Boston, MA.

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