Domestic Violence Warning Signs

Depending upon the mind set of the abuser, he can afflict violence physically, psychologically, sexually or economically, so as to achieve his sole aim of gaining a control over you.

And to raise your voice against this social crime, you must have the prior knowledge to it. For this, here are the domestic violence signs (warning) for you:

1) Physical violence: physical violence includes slapping, hitting, kicking, pushing, use of weapons (which could or could not be deadly), not allowing taking medical assistance, assaulting you etc. Apart from this, it also includes hurting your children and pets, throwing things, breaking your valuable possessions etc.

2) Psychological violence: this includes calling you names, humiliating you in front of your friends, threatening to hurt you, your children and other family members, alienating you from your friends, keeping a watchful eye on your professional life, blaming you for his faults, accusing you of having an extra-marital affair with your colleague etc.

3) Sexual violence: If your spouse exerts playful use of force in sex, demand sex when you are not willing to, forces you to perform an act which you are not comfortable with, forces you to have sex with a third person etc.

4) Economic violence: controls your budget, takes hold of all your credit cards and bank accounts, prevents you from going to office, refuses to take any financial responsibility, takes away your money and do not let you have access to familial property, etc.

If you experience such signs of domestic violence in your relationship, then you should seek for help and try to handle the situation before it goes out of hand. For domestic violence has often been the cause of majority of deaths among women and are very often killed by a former partner or an intimate person.