What is Domestic Abuse?

There are different kinds of abuse we face today. There is physical and emotional abuse. Physical abuse is when the abuser hits, pulls the hair, slaps, punch, use weapons, forces to have sex, or unwanted sexual touching. Another explanation is having bruises all over your body, which is physical abuse. Another abuse is emotional abuse. Emotional abuse occurs when you insult in public, the abuser puts down your friends and family. Emotional abuse is also when the abuser calls you names, make you think you are crazy, play mind games, and make you feel guilty for his actions. The abuse could also consist of threatened, using intimidation, children, and isolation. The violence occurs more often with women, and children. However, the violence is also occurring in male and elderly people. It is hard to help a woman that is involved in a domestic violence relationship. Some women love their partners. They would not leave the house. They believe their partner would change. Other women believe is their fault for being treating this way. Some do not want to leave their homes because they do not have money to survive or no education. Other women are tired of the abuse that they want to leave, but are scare of their partners actions when they leave. They feel that sometimes society could fail to protect them.

Now I ask women, what is emotional abuse, and how do you know if you are being emotional abuse. Most women said that emotional abuse is everywhere, not only with a partner, it could occur outside the house. Emotional abuse for them is when someone puts you down, and calls you names, threats, insults you outside or inside the home.

When I ask the same question to couple of men, they said that emotional is when you threat or insult someone in front of another person. They do not consider emotional abuse by calling each other names, or putting you down in their private home, or not giving you money for your expenses.