Domestic Violence
The DV/SA Task Force of Gibson County thinks you should know some of the warning signs of Domestic Abuse. Look through the section below and see if there are multiple warning signs that are occurring in your life. Violence does not end immediately with separation since 73% of the women injured in domestic violence cases were injured after separation. There is help and information available for you to break this cycle of violence
SYMPTONS OF ABUSE - MISUSE OF POWER AND CONTROL
WHAT SYMPTOMS BELOW FIT YOUR LIFE?
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 MALE PRIVILEDGE
- 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 jobs
- Making her ask for money
- Giving her an allowance
- Taking her money
- Not letting her know about or have access to family income
USING COERCION AND TREATS
- Making or carrying out treats to do something to hurt you.
- Threatening to leave her, to commit suicide, to report her to welfare.
- Making you drop charges.
- Making you do illegal activities.
USING INTIMIDATION
- Making you afraid by using looks, gestures, or actions. (Breaking things)
- Abusing pets
- Displaying weapons
USING CHILDREN
- Making you feel guilty about the children
- Using the children to relay messages
- Using visitation to harass you
- Threatening to take the children away
USING ISOLATION
- Controlling what she does, hoe she sees and talks to, what she reads, and where she goes
- Limiting your outside involvement
- Using jealousy to justify actions
MINIMIZING, DENYING, AND 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
