What Are the Signs of Domestic Abuse and Violence?


Ask yourself:

1. Did he grow up in a violent family? People who grow up in families where they have been abused as children, or where one parent abuses the other, have grown up learning that violence is normal behavior.
2. Does he tend to use force or violence to "solve" his problems? Or does he have a quick temper? Does he over react to little problems and frustration? This could be the signs of a person who will work out bad feelings with violence
3. Does he abuse drugs or alcohol?
4. Do you think you can change him?
5. Does he have unusually strong ideas about the roles of a woman and a man in the household?
6. Does he have access to guns or other weapons? Does he threaten to use them against other people or himself?
7. Does he go from high to low? Is he kind one minute, and then cruel the next?
8. Are you afraid of him?
9. Does he humiliate you or treat you roughly?
10. Does he forbid you to work, withhold money, and control who you see or where you go?

According to a November 1998 Department of Justice/Centers for Disease Prevention and Control report on the National Violence Against Women Survey, every year, 1,510,455 women and 834,732 men are victims of physical violence by an intimate. This means that somewhere in America, a man is battered every 37.8 seconds, and a woman is battered every 20.9 seconds.

If you feel that you or anyone you know is a victim of domestic violence, please seek help.