DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
It involves someone that has made their partner feel
afraid by abusing them, over time, in order to control
them. It includes physical, sexual, emotional,
psychological, financial, technological, social and
spiritual abuse.
In fact, since the age of 15, approximately one
in four women and one in 13 men
have experienced violence from a partner.
PHYSICAL ABUSE
It occurs when a person has exerted control over
another person using physical force. It has always
affected children and adults, especially women.
Victims of this type of abuse have stated that it often
starts gradually, with a push or slap, and then
becomes progressively worse.
The way the abuser reacts has always been the same.
They tell they are sorry and that it has been the last
time something like that happens.
SEXUAL ABUSE
It is a sexual act that a man, child or women has
forced upon a woman, man or child without their
consent. The attacker abuses someone they have
perceived weaker than them. Therefore, the abuser
has committed the crime deliberately with the aim of
controlling and humiliating the victim.
Most victims of sexual violence are women, so that,
authorities have considered it, for decades, another
means of oppressing women in patriarchal society.
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
It is a way to control a person by using emotions to
criticize, embarrass, or manipulate them. It occurs in a
relationship where there has been a consistent pattern
of abusive words and bullying for a long period.
Victims present a low self-esteem and an undermining
mental health. This has happened in dating and
married couples, among friends, family members and
co-workers. Experts have considered it one of the
hardest forms of abuse to recognise as victims begin
to doubt their reality, cancelling their feelings.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
ABUSE
It involves the regular and deliberate use of a range of
words and non-physical actions with the purpose to
manipulate, hurt, weaken or frighten a person
mentally and emotionally; and/or distort, confuse or
influence a person’s thoughts and actions within their
everyday lives, changing their sense of self and
harming their wellbeing. Therefore, it has showed how
it affects on what people think, questioning their
environment.
FINANCIAL ABUSE
It includess controlling a victim's ability to acquire,
use, and maintain financial resources. Normally, the
abuser has also restricted or stolen victim’s money.
Consequently, victims rarely have complete access to
money and other resources. When they do have
money, they often have to account for every penny
they have spent. Among the survivors, 91% of those
who hasn’t experienced physical abuse, have
undergone psychological abuse at some point in the
relationship.
TECHNOLOGICAL
ABUSE
This abuse has recently appeared as a new weapon to
control someone’s behaviour using technology as a
means of harass or stalk another person. For victims,
this abuse has magnified their sense of imprisonment
and isolation in a relationship, previous relationship or
everyday life. They feel their abusers are omnipresent
in their lives and that there is no escape; even when
the relationship has ended.
SOCIAL ABUSE
It aims to separate victims from their family, friends, or
community. In some cases, the abuser has tried to
damage victim’s relationships with others; or they
have opted for making the victim look bad or ruin their
reputation. Reports on social abuse have included
things done in the home, in public, over the phone, or
on the internet and social media
SPIRITUAL ABUSE
It includes using a person's religious or spiritual beliefs to
manipulate, dominate or control them. In some cases,
the abuser has prevented the victim from engaging in
spiritual or religious practices or ridiculing their beliefs; or
they have suggested to the victim their ‘divine’ position.
Some experts have incorporated this abuse as a sub-
type of psychological and emotional abuse but that
takes place in a faith context.
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