PHYSICAL ABUSE
VERBAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
SEXUAL ABUSE
Punching Shoving Slapping Kicking Pinching Hair-Pulling Burning Scratching Biting Strangling Throwing something at you such as a phone, book, shoe or plate. Pushing or pulling you. Grabbing your clothing. Using a gun, knife, box cutter, bat, mace or other weapon. Smacking your bottom. Forcing you to have sex or perform a sexual act. Grabbing your face to make you look at them. Grabbing you to prevent you from leaving or to force you to go somewhere.
Criticizing Swearing Yelling Extreme Jealousy Threats Humiliation Possessiveness Isolating someone from family and friends Damaging someone’s possessions Searching through someone’s locker, notes, email, phone, or other possessions without permission Insisting on making all the decisions Giving orders Calling you names and putting you down. Intentionally embarrassing you in public. Telling you what to do and wear. Using online communities or cell phones to control, intimidate or humiliate you. Blaming your actions for their abusive or unhealthy behavior. Stalking you. Threatening to commit suicide to keep you from breaking up with them. Threatening to harm you, your pet or people you care about. Making you feel guilty or immature when you don’t consent to sexual activity. Threatening to expose your secrets. Starting rumors about you.
Unwanted touching Treating someone like a sex object Name-calling with sexual phrases Demanding sex after a violent incident Forcing you to engage in prostitution or pornography Forcing you to have sex with others besides your partner Insisting on anything sexual that frightens or hurts you Refusing to use safe sex practices Preventing you from using birth control Controlling your decisions about pregnancy Withholding sex as a form of control Videotaping or photographing sexual acts and posting it without your permission
Punching
Shoving
Slapping
Kicking
Pinching
Hair-Pulling
Burning
Scratching
Biting
Strangling
Throwing something at you
Pushing or pulling you
Grabbing your clothing
Using a weapon
Smacking your bottom
Forcing sex or a sexual act upon you
Grabbing your face
Preventing you from leaving or going somewhere
Unwanted touching
Treating someone like an object
Name calling with sexual phrases
Demanding sex after a violent incident
Forcing to engage in prostitution
Forcing you to have sex with other people
Insisting on sexual sayings/gestures that scare/hurt you
Refusing to use protection during sex
Preventing you from using birth control
Controlling decisions about pregnancy
Withholding sex as control
Videotaping sexual acts and posting
Criticizing
Swearing
Yelling
Extreme jealousy
Threats
Humiliation
Possessiveness
Isolating someone from friends and family
Damaging someone’s possessions
Searching another’s locker, phone, etc. w/o permission
Insisting on making all the decisions
Giving orders
Putting you down
Embarrassing you in public on purpose
Telling what to do and wear
Using social media to control, intimidate, or humiliate you
Blaming you for their unhealthy actions/behavior
Stalking you
Threatening suicide to prevent a breakup
Threatening you, a pet, or others important to you
Making you feel guilty for not engaging in sex
Starting rumors about you