WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusivebehavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another.It includes physical violence, sexual violence, threats, and emotional abuse. The frequency and seve...
By Amanda Kippert Aug 07, 2023 In a recent post on an anonymous online forum for survivors of abuse, a woman posed the question: Is it abuse if her husband coerced her to meet other men for sex and then, afterward, share the lurid details with him? She had agreed to something similar once before—they invited another partner into their home where th...
Group explores ways to resolve economic dilemmas that hobble survivors By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD Two weeks after they meet, he insists on moving into her apartment and pooling their funds in a joint bank account. Then he takes away her ATM card. He forbids her from working. Or he moves her to a rural area where she can't find a job. He makes her ...
Have you tried to tell someone you're being abused, only to be accused of lying? It's not your fault. Let's get that out of the way right now. If you're a survivor of domestic abuse, whether or not you've yet left the relationship, it's not your fault. This fact can be incredibly hard for survivors to process when they've tried to disclose abuse to...
A list of questions to ask before retaining your domestic violence attorney By Amanda KippertAug 09, 2023 One of the ways that domestic violence survivors can protect themselves from an abuser is by hiring a lawyer to help them in court. Be it a civil trial, a custody trial or securing a permanent order of protection, an attorney is not necessary, ...
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