Examples of Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence

• Do you feel afraid of your partner much of the time?

• Do you avoid talking about certain topics out of fear?

• Do you feel you can’t do anything right for your partner?

• Do you wonder if you are the one who is crazy?

• Do you feel emotionally helpless?

• Does your partner scream and yell at you or your children?

• Does your partner hit, kick, push, slap or use other types of physical violence to you, your children or animals?

• Is your partner verbally abusive to you or your family?

• Does your partner treat you so badly in public you are embarrassed?

• Does your partner put down you or your opinions?

• Does your partner blame you for his/her abusive behavior?

• Does your partner see you as a sex object?

• Does your partner check up on you?

• Has your partner ever threatened to kill or hurt you?

• Has your partner ever threatened to commit suicide if you leave?

• Has your partner ever forced you to have sex?

• Has your partner ever destroyed your belongings?

• Is your partner jealous and possessive?

• Has your partner prevented you from seeing your friends and family?

• Has your partner limited your access to money, your phone or car?

Did You Know?

One in every 4 women, an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.

The majority (73%) of family violence victims are female.

Females were 84% of spousal abuse victims and 86% of abuse victims at the hands of a boyfriend.

The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services each year.

Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew.

Women who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence.

Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.

Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police.