Read
the contents below and then ask yourself:
What
Symptoms Below Fit My Life or The Life of Someone I Know?
Using Coercion and Threats
Making or carrying out threats
to do something to hurt her
Threatening to leave her
To commit suicide
To report her to welfare
Making her drop charges
Making her do illegal things
Using Intimidation
Making her afraid by using looks,
gestures, or actions
Smashing things
Abusing Pets
Displaying Weapons
Using Emotional
Abuse
Putting her down
Making her feel bad about herself
Calling her names
Making her think she's crazy
Playing mind games
Humiliating her
Making her feel guilty
Using Isolation
Controlling what she does,
who she sees and
talks to, what she reads, & where she goes
Limiting her outside involvement
Using jealousy to justify actions
Minimizing,
Denying, Blaming
Making light of the abuse and not
taking her
concerns about it seriously
Saying the abuse didn't happen
Shifting responsibility for abusive behavior
Saying she caused it
Using Children
Making her feel guilty about the children
Using the children to relay messages
Using visitation to harass her
Threatening to take the children away
Using Male
Privilege
Treating her like a servant
Making all the big decisions
Acting like the "Master of the castle"
Being the one to define men's and women's roles
Using Economic
Abuse
Preventing her from getting or keeping a job
Making her ask for money
Giving her an allowance
Taking her money
Not letting her know about or
have access
to family income
