Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviors used by one person to gain power and control over another in an intimate or family relationship.
Questions to Ask Yourself
Does your partner:
Call you bad names and embarrass you with put-downs?
Look at you in ways that scare you?
Take your money or not let you have access to any money?
Keep you from getting or keeping a job of your own?
Try to limit your contact with your family and friends?
Destroy your property?
Threaten to harm or harm your pets?
Control what you do or where you go?
Hit, shove, slap, or choke you?
Pressure or force you into unwanted sexual contact?
Blame his/her bad behavior on you?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions you may be in an abusive relationship.
