TYPES OF VIOLENCE
Violence against women can be classified as physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, isolation, and threats:
Physical Abuse
- pushing or shoving a woman
- holding or keeping her from leaving
- slapping or biting her
- kicking, choking, hitting, or punching her
- refusing to help a woman when she is sick, injured, or pregnant
- threatening or hurting her with a weapon
Sexual Abuse
- forcing a woman to strip when she does not want to
- having affairs with others after agreeing to a monogamous relationship
- forcing a woman to have unwanted sex with others or forcing her to watch others having sex
- forcing sex after a beating
- forcing sex when she is sick or when it endangers her health
- forcing sex for the purpose of hurting her with objects or weapons
Emotional Abuse
- ignoring a woman’s feelings
- continually criticising her, calling her names, shouting at her
- humiliating her in public or privately
- refusing to socialise with her
- keeping her from working, controlling her money, making all decisions
- manipulating her with lies and contradictions
- threatening to kidnap the child(ren) if she leaves
- harassing her about affairs the abuser imagines she is having
Isolation
- stopping a woman from going to visit her relatives and friends
- confining her to the house
- stopping her from socialising with others
Threat
- threatening to kill a woman
- threatening to take her child(ren) away
- threatening her that he will commit suicide
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