Domestic Violence In Relationships By: Celeste Wilkerson

What is domestic violence? Domestic violence is violent or aggressive behavior within the home and it involves abuse of a partner or spouse. There are different types of domestic violence abuse such as… o Physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Emotional abuse, Economic abuse, and Psychological abuse

Physical Abuse Involves hitting, slapping, biting, hair pulling, pinching, shoving,grabbing, and anything else that can bring harm to your body. o It also can include the forcing of alcohol and drug use upon the spouse or partner.

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Sexual abuse Any sexual behavior without consent is abuse;and is not just limited to these such as… o Marital rape, forcing sex after physical harm has been done, or treating one in a sexually demeaning manner.

Emotional abuse Includes undermining one sense of self worth, name calling, belittling one’s abilities, and are often told that when something goes wrong that its their fault. o How ever it is not limited to the examples above

Economic abuse Economic abuse is trying to make one financially dependent by taking control over their money and withholding it and or forbidding one to attend school and be employed

Psychological abuse Psychological abuse is causing fear by intimidation. o Threatening physical harm to one’s self, partner, children, or the partner’s family/friends. o The destruction of pets or property and forcing one to be isolated from the outside world.

Facts/Information 1 in 4 women have experienced violence by a spouse or boyfriend. An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year. 24% of women have not told anyone that they are being harmed. o Those who did tell got help

Domestic Violence in Marriages in marriages that have domestic abuse occurring controlling behavior is more common. Couples usually ignore early aggressive signs and incidents and believe that once current stressors end the violence will end too. 20% of all marriages ;couples slap, shove, hit, or assault each other.

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Work Cited 1."Domestic Violence." The United States Department of Justice. National Domestic Violence Hotline, National Center for Victims of Crime, and WomensLaw.org., Mar Web. 25 Nov Smith, Malinda, and Jeanne Segal. "Domestic Violence and Abuse Signs of Abuse and Abusive Relationships." Domestic Violence and Abuse. N.p., July Web. 25 Nov

Why were they useful? What information was giving? These two websites were useful because everything I needed to know about my topic was easy to find and they were reliable. o They gave me information on facts and statistics also on stories.