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Women's Health: Dating
Violence
Different Kinds of Abuse
Physical Controls:
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Hitting, grabbing, kicking, choking, pushing
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Breaking furniture or punching walls
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Physical intimidation, threatening with
a knife or gun
Emotional/Verbal Controls:
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Criticism, name-calling, swearing, mocking,
put-downs, ridiculing, belittling
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Interrupting, changing topics, outshouting,
not listening
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Excessive jealousy and possessiveness
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Threatening suicide
Sexual Controls:
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Sexual coercion
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Accusations of "sleeping around"
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Threats of violence towards her or her friends
if she refuses to interact sexually with her partner
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Coerced sexual contact. Prior sexual contact
does not mean you do not have the right to refuse future
sexual activity.
Source:
University
of Connecticut Women's Center <http://www.womenscenter.uconn.edu/vinfo2.htm>
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