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Mens Family Violence Help

Domestic violence takes many forms. These include:

PHYSICAL ABUSE
Punching, choking, hitting, pushing, shoving, throwing of objects, smashing of objects, damaging property, injuring pets and the threat of all of these.

SEXUAL ABUSE
Demands for sexual intercourse when one person does not wish to participate, threats of physical violence during sex, or forcing a person to participate in acts she/he does not wish to perform.

VERBAL ABUSE
Continued verbal harassment, put downs, insults, name calling and swearing.

SOCIAL ABUSE
Not allowing the partner to have friends, isolating your partner from family, denying her access to the car or telephone.

ECONOMIC ABUSE
One person takes total control of the family income so that the other person is either allowed no money or money only for household expenses and nothing for personal use.

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE
This may include verbal abuse. It occurs most often in the form of humiliation, threats, insults, harassment or constant criticism.

Think back to a situation where you were physically afraid of someone....Really frightened that you might have been hurt, perhaps both physically and emotionally. Now imagine having to go home and sleep with that person. Is this what it’s like for your partner?

Domestic violence is more than just about hitting. It is considered to be behaviour which results in physical, sexual and/or psychological damage, forced isolation, economic deprivation, or behaviour which causes the victim to live in fear.

“Yeah there have definitely been times when I knew Nicola was not interested in having sex. I’d try to persuade her - if this didn’t work, I’d get angry and start yelling at her… sometimes I’d grab her by the neck and threaten her… I have no right to demand sex from my wife just because we’re married. I’m lucky that she stuck with me and supported me in getting help to change.” Steve [37 years]

“I never stopped to think how difficult I had made it for Philippa to leave the house. I now realise that my jealousy had made Philippa terribly lonely, isolated and frightened - for the past 5 years.” Adrian [32 years]

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