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The abuse can be physical, sexual, psychological or emotional and often includes keeping women short of money and not letting them work or see family or friends. The abuse can be actual or threatened and can happen occasionally or often.
Children are affected by domestic abuse, through witnessing the abuse or because they are also hurt by the abuser. What it involves
Many women do not want to label themselves as ‘abused’. But if your partner makes you feel frightened, insecure, degraded, unable to make basic decisions or trapped, then that is abusive behaviour. The abuse might involve:
- Hitting, kicking, pushing or punching you
- Threatening you or your children
- Humiliating you in front of your children and others
- Forcing you to have sex
- Destroying your possessions
- Keeping you short of money
- Telling you that you are useless or ugly
- Accusing you of being unfaithful
- Ridiculing what you say or believe
- Isolating you from friends or family
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