Domestic Abuse Awareness month
Everybody has the right to healthy relationships.
And anybody can be a victim of domestic or intimate partner abuse.
Need help? Have questions?
These places are here for you with resources - regardless of your age, race, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, or class:
Learn more about the different types of domestic abuse:
emotional abuse
Accuses partner of infidelity.
Acts out of jealousy.
Controls.
Criticizes.
Gaslights.
Isolates from others.
Minimizes feelings.
Shames.
Threatens.
Withholds affection.
sexual abuse
Forces sex acts.
Ignores feelings regarding sex.
Refuses right to birth control.
Touches inappropriately without consent.
financial abuse
Borrows money repeatedly.
Controls access to and knowledge of money.
Gambles with finances.
Opens credit cards and puts contracts in partner's name.
"Traps" by monitoring all finances.
stalking
Contacts without consent.
Damages property.
Follows.
Harasses.
Monitors activity in person and via the internet.
Threatens.
physical abuse
Damages property.
Forces unwanted action and behavior of others.
Intimidates with physical coercion.
Neglect.
Threatens life of self and others.
Violence toward children, people, and pets.