Domestic Violence

Physical or phycological abuse, threats, intimidation or harassment inflicted by a family member, significant other in a dating relationship, household, member (i.e roommates, floor mates, etc) or care taker relationship. Again a person need not be married or living together can be of the same sex/gender as the victim.

Battering:-

Battering is behaviour that is to establish power and control over the other person with whom an intimate relationship is or has been through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use violence. Battering happens when one person believes that they have entitled to control another.


Intimate partner violence is connected to the societal oppression of violence of women,children , people of color, people with disabilities, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans, elders, and other marginalized groups.


Domestic violence may not only include the intimate partner relationships or spousal, live- in relationships and dating relationships, also familial, elder and child abuse may be present in a violent home. Abuse generally falls into one or more following categories: Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional and psychological abuse, and generally increases over the period of time.

Victims of abuse may experience:

> Punched wall
> control of finances
> lying, using
> children to manipulate a parent's emotions
> intimidation
> isolation from family and friends
> fear
> shame
> criticism
> cuts
> crying and afraid children
> broken bones
> confusion
> forced sexual contact
> manipulation
> sexist comments
> yelling
> rages
> craziness
> harassment
> neglect
> shoving
> screaming
> jealously
> loss of self esteem
> coercion
> slammed doors
> abandonment
>silent treatment
>rape
> destruction of personal property
> unwanted touching
> name calling
> strangling
> ripping
> slapping
> bitting
> kicking
> bruises
> stalking
> scrapes
> depression
> sabotaging attendance at job or school
> brainwashing
> violence of pets
> pinching
> deprivation of physical and economic resources
> Public humiliation
> broken promises
> prevention of seeking medical and dental care
> ridicule
> restraining
> self- medication
> forced tickling
> threats to harm the family and friends
> threats to take away the children
> threats of being kicked out
> threats of being killed