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Sexual Assault Violence Prevention
Signs of abuse
SIGNS OF RELATIONSHIP ABUSE
Has your partner ever...
- Pushed, shoved, or slapped you?
- Held you to keep you from leaving?
- Thrown objects at you?
- Abandoned you in a dangerous place?
- Refused to help you if you were sick or injured?
- Threatened you or hurt you with a weapon?
- Treated you as a sex object?
- Insisted you dress in a more sexual way than you wanted?
- Been jealously angry?
- Forced unwanted sex acts?
- Made you feel humiliated or ashamed for having sexual relations?
- Ridiculed or insulted your most valued beliefs such as religion, race, heritage, or class?
- Withheld affection as a form of punishment?
- Insulted or driven away your friends and family?
- Humiliated you in private or public?
*This list is not all-inclusive. The above actions are dangerous and show a lack of respect.
They may be indications of an abusive relationship. Many men and women believe that a certain level of abuse is normal, but NO ONE deserves abuse. In effect, abuse cuts across all boundaries of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, class, and types of relationships.