Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive and controlling behaviors that some individuals use against their intimate partners or former partners. It can include:
Physical Abuse: Hitting, slapping, punching, shoving, kicking, burning, choking, using weapons and other objects to cause injury.
Sexual Abuse: Forcing a partner to engage in unwanted sexual acts, refusing to practice safe sex, treating a partner like a sex object.
Emotional Abuse/Intimidation: Name-calling and put-downs; denying/shifting blame; treating a partner as an inferior; threatening to harm self/others or to have a partner deported; abusing children or pets; stalking; using threatening looks, actions or gestures.
Property/Economic Abuse: Stealing or destroying belongings/money; refusing basic needs such as food or medical treatment; interfering with a partner’s work or education.
Domestic Violence Resources & Fact Sheets:
Futures Without Violence - Mission: Everyone has the right to live free of violence. Futures Without Violence, formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund, works to prevent and end violence against women and children around the world
Domestic Violence Fact Sheet — The Facts on Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence
The Facts on Children and Domestic Violence
The Facts on Guns and Domestic Violence
The Facts on Health Care and Domestic Violence
LGBT Domestic Violence: Beyond the Wheel
Power & Control Wheel for LGBT Relationships